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The Emergence of Rationality in the Icelandic Sagas: The Colossal Misunderstanding of the Viking Lore in Contemporary Popular Culture

open access: yesHumanities, 2022
For a long time now, Old Norse literature has often been colonized and misappropriated by modern right-wing political groups for their own ideology, symbolism, and public appearance.
Albrecht Classen
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Extraordinary dogs and their function in Old Norse-Icelandic literature [PDF]

open access: yes
This thesis is a study of the dogs that populate Old Norse-Icelandic literature and the functions they play in specific genres of texts. Following a review of previous scholarship on dogs and other animals, Chapter 1 introduces the multiplicity of roles ...
Castelino, Ashley
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Sustainable Manufacturing Platforms for Closed‐Cycle Bioeconomy Applications

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular bioeconomy requires innovative production platforms that prioritize sustainability, resource efficiency, and waste minimization. Organic waste from agriculture, aquaculture, and food production represents an underutilized feedstock for biomanufacturing, contributing to a circular economy.
Yelizaveta Chernysh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Symbolism of Ants and Bees in Old Norse Sources

open access: yesCollegium Medievale, 2020
In this article I discuss the political themes attached to the eusocial creatures, specifically ants and bees, in Old Norse sources. I consider the situation of Old Norse as a transnational literature, encompassing one country that lacked ants and bees ...
Richard Cole
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The Afterlives of an Icelandic “Foremother of Us All”: Auðr djúpauðga and the Making of Cultural Memory

open access: yesScandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2021
: During the last few decades an increasing number of Old Norse scholars have drawn from memory studies in their analyses of texts. Yet, so far, these studies have not sufficiently considered other genres of literature
Sofie Vanherpen
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Beyond sorrow and swords: gender in the Old Norse Volsung legend and its British rewritings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis explores male and female identity in Old Norse and British iterations of the Völsung legend, focusing on the Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga, William Morris's The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, J. R. R.
Hancock, Jessica Clare
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Redescription of the Triassic cynodont Cistecynodon parvus and reassessment of its phylogeny

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Cynodontia is an important subclade of Therapsida that first occurred in the late Permian. It includes extinct subclades which are the non‐mammaliaform cynodonts and Mammaliaformes, with the latter ultimately giving rise to crown mammals. The systematics of non‐mammaliaform cynodonts has been extensively studied and is relatively well‐resolved,
Erin S. Lund   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

I Dovregubbens Hall. Le sale dei giganti come esempi di pastiche nelle saghe nordiche

open access: yesAnnali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Occidentale
The aim of this article is to prove the presence of pastiche in the descriptions of the halls and palaces of the giants, which seem to imitate the topos of the drinking courts of the kings in Old Norse literature and Arthurian literature.
Gavilli, Ruben
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Impact of Evolving Treatment Patterns on Interstitial Lung Disease Progression in Systemic Sclerosis Using the European Scleroderma Trials and Research Database

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective The treatment landscape for systemic sclerosis‐associated interstitial lung disease (SSc‐ILD) has evolved with increasingly available immunosuppressive therapies (ISTs) and antifibrotic treatments. However, their real‐world use remains unclear.
Corrado Campochiaro   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Old Norse Nicknames: Origins and Terminology

open access: yesNames, 2019
Nicknames, which occur in all cultures and time periods, play a unique role in highlighting identity. The pool of first names has always been relatively limited, thus most people were identified by their nicknames, especially before surnames became ...
Paul R. Peterson
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