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A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Stuart D. Lee, reviewed by Andrew Higgins [PDF]
, 2015 Book review of A Companion to J.R.R.
Higgins, Andrew
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Cosmology: a bird's eye view [PDF]
, 2006 In this essay we discuss the difference in views of the Universe as seen by two different observers. While one of the observers follows a geodesic congruence defined by the geometry of the cosmological model, the other observer follows the fluid flow ...
ALAN A. COLEY +3 more
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Public Administration, Volume 103, Issue 3, Page 874-889, September 2025.ABSTRACT Existing research offers little insight into how governance networks can maintain their legitimacy during institutional disruption. Through an in‐depth case study of a network of third sector organizations in Scotland that worked to deliver government funds and support during the COVID‐19 pandemic to social enterprises and charities, this ...
Seemab Farooqi, Stephen Knox
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Dorholt: An Original Fairy Tale as a Study in Creative Fantasy [PDF]
, 2014 This thesis presents a study in creative fantasy by detailing plans for an original novel with the purpose of entertaining, instructing, and encouraging young readers.
Conrad, Amy
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Art as a Channel and Embodiment of Symbolic Interaction Between Migrants and Non‐Migrants
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 410-440, August 2025.Many non‐migrant politicians, journalists, and scholars in migrant‐destination societies often represent migrants with self‐interested objectives and in specific instrumental ways based on stereotypes. Yet research on symbolic interaction reveals migrants are not passive victims.
Jacob Thomas
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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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The ghost of Sigurd the Volsung in Eketahuna [PDF]
, 2017 While William Morris was creating the narrative poem based on his translations of the Icelandic tales of Sigurd the Volsung, in the 1870’s, groups of Scandinavian settlers were encouraged to come to New Zealand as part of a grand scheme of borrowing ...
Pittaway, Gail
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Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important
Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 4, Page 1635-1659, August 2025.ABSTRACT Insect migrants are hugely abundant, with recent studies identifying the megadiverse order Diptera as the major component of many migratory assemblages. Despite this, their migratory behaviour has been widely overlooked in favour of more ‘charismatic’ migrant insects such as butterflies, dragonflies, and moths.
Will L. Hawkes +2 more
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Völur and Seiðr: How Pre-Christian Shamanistic Practices Gave Viking-Age Women Agency
Scandinavian-Canadian StudiesThe Viking-Age was a patriarchal time when men dominated the social and political world. However, due to the shamanistic practice of seiðr, women of this time had access to unique roles as spiritual leaders.
Emilia Nowaczewski
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Joachim Lelewel’s Edda of 1807 [PDF]
, 2017 This article focuses on Joachim Lelewel’s interest in Old Norse literature as reflected in his paper on Old Norse literature delivered in 1806 and his book Edda that was published a year later.
Krakow, Annet
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