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Interpretation of Map Symbols in the Context of Gamers’ Age and Experience

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022
In this article researchers examined the differences that may characterise selected groups of gamers with regard to age and time spent on playing a survival game, Valheim, confronted with their interpretation of map symbols used in the game.
Tymoteusz Horbiński, Krzysztof Zagata
doaj   +1 more source

Archives of impact: The politics of craters on Earth

open access: yesGeographical Research, Volume 64, Issue 2, May 2026.
This paper examines Earth’s 195 confirmed impact craters as archives, exploring their cataloguing and presentation as heritage sites. It argues Western scientific framings using military language and emphasising catastrophe overlook settler colonialism’s violent histories and marginalise indigenous earth‐sky cosmologies.
Gareth Hoskins
wiley   +1 more source

Norse mythology – Culture? Fairy tales? Religion? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Bacheloroppgave, grunnskolelærerutdanning, 2018.Norsk: Norrøn mytologi er en del av Norges historie og kulturarv, men i hvilken grad blir den forstått som en religion?
Forseth, Kjersti
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The Echo of Odin: Norse Mythology and Human Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Book Description: The pagan mythology of the Vikings offers a rich metaphor for consciousness. This book presents the cosmography of Norse mythology as a landscape of human inner life.
Smith, Edward W. L.
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Norse Mythology as Represented in the Ludonarrative Features of God of War (2018) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The aim of this paper is to evaluate some of the approaches taken regarding the mythological features, parenthood and masculinity, how and why was the lore changed and whether it was the correct choice and how these changes relate the story of the 2018 ...
Csépke, Bence
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New Focus on Retrospective Methods. Resuming Methodological Dis-cussions: Case Studies from Northern Europe. Edited by Eldar Heide & Karen Bek-Petersen.

open access: yesCollegium Medievale, 2016
The present anthology is rooted in collaboration that began at the 14th International Saga Conference in Uppsala in 2009, where Eldar Heide discussed the need for greater methodological awareness in studies dealing with the use of post-medieval material ...
Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir
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Waiting for a Release: The Expectation in Virtual Gaming Communities

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 534-560, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how virtual gaming communities influence and maintain player expectations before, during, and after a game's release. A mixed‐methods study was conducted, comprising a netnography followed by an experiment. First, a netnographic study was conducted over 12 months, tracking communities to understand player behavior and ...
Lucas Lopes Ferreira de Souza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A morte de Odin? As representações do Ragnarök na arte das Ilhas Britânicas (séc. X)

open access: yesMedievalista, 2012
Our study aims to reflect on the images of Ragnarök in the British area during the late Middle Ages. The main sources are images carved in crosses, funerary sculptures and reliefs in blocks.
Johnni Langer
doaj   +1 more source

Furtul merelor de aur – de la Idun la Sfânta Duminică (In search of the Golden Apple - from Sfânta Duminică to Idun) [PDF]

open access: yesIncursiuni în imaginar, 2016
The Golden Apple is a recurring theme in world cultures, be it mythology, tales or modern traditions. Stolen by Zmei, giants or magical birds, it is a symbol of immortality in Scandinavian mythology, an attribute of science, magic and revelation for the ...
Alexandra Gruian
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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

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