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Trees as a Central Theme in Norse Mythology and Culture: An Archaeological Perspective

Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2016
: This article, the inaugural winner of the journal’s Gurli Aagaard Woods Undergraduate Publication Award, combines the analysis of ancient literature with an archaeological approach in
Amanda Gilmore
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“But in the Thunder, I Still Hear Thor”: The Character Athelstan as a Narrative Focal Point in the Series Vikings

Religions, 2021
This article explores the way the character Athelstan serves as a narrative focal point in the popular television series Vikings. Using this series as its main case study, it addresses the question of the ways in which the character functions as a ...
Margaret Steenbakker
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“Ór franzeisu í norrænu” The transmission of Chrétien de Troyes’ Arthurian romances to old Norse literature [PDF]

, 2007
The present dissertation examines the riddarasogur based on the Arthurian romances by Chrétien de Troyes: Ívens saga, Erex saga, Parcevals saga and Valvens þáttr.
Lorenz, Christine
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Understanding marine biodiversity patterns and drivers: The fall of Icarus

Marine Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity patterns are fundamental in our understanding of the distribution of life, ecosystem function, and conservation. In this concept analysis, A survey of the existing knowledge on marine biodiversity patterns and drivers across latitudes, longitudes, and depths indicates that none of the postulated patterns represent a rule.
Roberto Danovaro
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Opening Perspectives on Folklore and Old Norse Mythology [PDF]

, 2021
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Ahola, Joonas, Frog, Mr.
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Cristina Vișovan, "Rewriting Norse Mythology in Contemporary Norwegian Literature. The Search for Identity in a Multicultural World, Cluj-Napoca": Casa Cărții de Știință, 2021, 307 p.

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2023
The volume Rewriting Norse Mythology in Contemporary Norwegian Literature. The Search for Identity in a Multicultural World by Cristina Vișovan appeared at the publishing house Casa Cărții de Știință from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in the collection "Nordica”
Paul-Daniel GOLBAN
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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Norse Mythology [PDF]

, 2018
Nordijska mitologija, mitologija je naroda sa skandinavskog polutotoka. Jedna je od manje poznatih mitologija, no uvelike zastupljena u popularnoj kulturi danas. O nordijskoj mitologiji najviše doznajemo iz izvora „Edda“ iz 13.
Kanjir, Monika
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Popularization of Norse mythology in modern culture / A. S. Belovskaya [PDF]

, 2018
V. Национальные формы литературы, искусства, дизайна в межкультурном взаимодействииВ данной статье рассматривается влияние германо-скандинавской мифологии на культуру, в частности на современный кинематограф.
Беловская, А. С.
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Self-Sacrifice and the Transformation of the Hero

Akademisk Kvarter, 2020
The literary notion of a hero is often steeped in great deeds, such as vanquishing the monster, completing Herculean tasks, or protecting the innocent from harm.
Dr Craig Smith
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