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Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 191-206, March 2026.Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
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Old Norse Heimr ʻWorldʼ and its Toponymic Derivatives in the Poetic Edda
Вопросы ономастикиThe article examines the mythopoetic concept of the ‘world’ (Old Norse heimr) and its derivatives — toponyms with the suffix -heimr in the Poetic Edda.
Tatyana V. Toporova
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Traces of the Norse Mythology in the Isle of Man [PDF]
Nature, 1904 IN this work Mr. Kermode, whose name is well known in connection with Manx archaeology, has printed a lecture delivered to the Antiquarian Society of his native island in December of last year. The Isle of Man contains a large number of cross-bearing gravestones, which, as the inscriptions clearly show, belong to the period when the Scandinavian ...
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The Part of the Whole. Cosmology as an Empirical and Analytical Concept
Temenos, 2009 In the study of Old Norse religion, mythology and cosmology are two core concepts frequently used in inter-disciplinary discussions as to the content, changes and spread of the pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia.
CATHARINA RAUDVERE
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The depiction of Norse gods archetypes in Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology
Journal Albion : Journal of English Literature, Language, and CultureThis research examines the depiction of key archetypal figures from Norse mythology in Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology, utilizing Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology as the theoretical framework. The analysis focuses on three central characters: Odin, Thor, and Loki, interpreted as representations of the archetypes: The Wise Old Man, The Hero, and ...
null Gabriel Erlangga +2 more
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Kampen om kvinden. Begrebshistoriske perspektiver
Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2018 Contesting the concept of Woman: Perspectives from conceptual history. The main argument of this article is that the concept of kvinde (woman) was redefined in the 19th century in Denmark, and that it can be studied alongside other central concepts ...
Sissel Bjerrum Fossat +2 more
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Unmasking the elusive erythropoietin-producing 'Norn' cell. [PDF]
Nat Med, 2023 Abedini A, Klötzer KA, Susztak K.
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“THE RAVEN”: AN ODYSSEY THROUGH NORSE MYTHOLOGY*
, 2019 This study purports to find the correlation and the affinities between Edgar Allan Poe`s “The Raven” and the very aspect of Norse mythology. To do this, the tales from Norse Mythology will be juxtaposed through the lines of “The Raven”. In a way; it will be an odyssey through Norse mythology to the implications of Poe in his poem “The Raven”.
Kabak, Elif, Edman, Timuçin Buğra
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Gods and Giants in Old Norse Mythology
Temenos - Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, 1990 No abstract ...
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Correspondences, 2022 The article focuses on how a nineteenth-century Swedish nationalistic movement, Göthicism, understood masculinity. The primary example used is Manhemsförbundet (the Manhem Society), an initiatory and educational organization active between 1815–1823 ...
Fredrik Gregorius
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