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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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Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2025.ABSTRACT Background and Aims The COVID‐19 pandemic has significantly affected public health worldwide. This study applies a novel Robust Bayesian Model Averaging‐Publication Selection Model Averaging method (RoBMA‐PSMA) to address publication bias for a single proportion and estimate the pooled prevalence of menstrual disorders in surviving women from ...
Ghazaleh Falahati +3 more
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‘Northern Gods in Marble’: the Romantic Rediscovery of Norse Mythology [PDF]
, 2012 The Norse myths were rediscovered in the late 18th century, and became important to contemporary culture during the first half of the 19th century. The Romantics discussed the usage of themes from Norse mythology; soon, these themes became widespread in ...
Ljøgodt, Knut
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NORSE MYTHOLOGY IN M.L. KISER’S “TREE OF LIFE†[PDF]
, 2020 This research discussed the depiction of Norse mythology and personification in M.L. Kiser’s“Tree of Lifeâ€. The aims of this research were to give a depiction of the Norse mythologyabout tree of life and to analyze the personification dealing with ...
Yustisiana, Rr. Arielia +1 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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Stories of Female Figures in Norse Mythology Adapted for Children: Women of Norse Myth: For Little Goddesses [PDF]
, 2016 : Popular culture tends to downplay strong female characters to favor a plethora of male figures that children look up to as heroes. This creates a gender imbalance in exposure to inspirational characters that children can look up to as role models.
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God of War and Norse Mythology: a comparative analysis [PDF]
, 2022 openL'obiettivo di questo studio è di investigare come i temi medievali siano stati incorporati nella cultura popolare attraverso il case study di un famoso franchise videoludico: God Of War.
MENEGHINI, MATTEO
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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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Of Monsters and Men: A Comparison of Greek and Norse Mythology in the Western Canon [PDF]
, 2013 Greek literature has long been considered the most valuable to Western culture, and it has been held up through the ages as a literary exemplar. While the western literary canon has often been revised and added to, we have never truly questioned the ...
Morrow, Amber
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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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