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Dimensions of Equity in the Science of Reading Research: A Systematic Review of Actual, Artificial, and Absent Up‐Takes of Equity

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 4, October/December 2025.
Despite widespread positioning of the Science of Reading (SoR) as an equity solution, our systematic review found that only 17% of SoR research addresses equity, with this limited engagement primarily focused on dimensions of access and opportunity.
JaNiece Elzy‐Palmer, Alexandra Babino, Tee Hubbard   +2 more
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Old Norse Heimr ʻWorldʼ and its Toponymic Derivatives in the Poetic Edda

Вопросы ономастики
The 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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Zeitgeist and Ortgeist: Time and Place in Institutional Creation

British Journal of Management, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 1694-1708, October 2025.
Abstract How are institutions created is one of the most interesting questions in institutional theory. Some strands of literature favour heroic explanations: mythologizing individuals with vision, tenacity and drive and putting these individuals on the pedestal of the institution.
Sabina Keston‐Siebert, Kevin Orr
wiley   +1 more source

Völur and Seiðr: How Pre-Christian Shamanistic Practices Gave Viking-Age Women Agency

Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
The 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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The Goddess: Myths of the Great Mother

, 2016
The Goddess is all around us: Her face is reflected in the burgeoning new growth of every ensuing spring; her power is evident in the miracle of conception and childbirth and in the newborn’s cry as it searches for the nurturing breast; we glimpse her in
Fee, Christopher R., Leeming, David
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Forgotten Laxdæla poetry : a study and an edition of Tyrfingur Finnsson's Vísur uppá Laxdæla sögu [PDF]

, 2017
The paper discusses the metre and the diction of a previously unpublished small poem about characters of Laxdæla saga, composed in 18th century. The stanzas are ostensibly in skaldic dróttkvætt; the analysis shows it to be an imitation of the classical ...
Sverdlov, Ilya, Vanherpen, Sofie
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The Anglo Saxons and their gods (still) among us [PDF]

When Christian missionaries arrived in Canterbury in 597AD, they brought with them a new religion that sought to appropriate certain Saxon traditions before eradicating them completely: some of these traditions were discussed by the Venerable Bede. Saxon
Mackley, J S
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Oral ballads as national literature: the reconstruction of two norwegian ballads [PDF]

, 2000
No passado muitos folcloristas estavam, igualmente interessados em política cultural. A recolha, a publicação e a pesquisa em cultura popular estavam claramente direccionadas para a construção e suporte duma identidade nacional.
Espeland, Velle
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Comparative Archetypal Study on Ragnarok and Christianity Apocalypse [PDF]

, 2014
Wijianto, Agung. 2012. Comparative Archetypal Study on Ragnarok and Christianity Apocalypse. Study Program of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Brawijaya. Supervisor: Yusri Fajar;Co-supervisor: Scarletina VidyayaniKeywords: Ragnarok,
Wijianto, A. (Agung)
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