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Aus unseren Neuerwerbungen – Nordische Philologie 2023.8

(Un)heile Kör­p­er im alt­nordis­chen Bal­dermythos: ver­gle­ichende Stu­di­en zum magis­chen Embod­i­ment in Mythos und Kult In der nordis­chen Reli­gion­s­geschichte nimmt der Gott Balder eine merk­würdig ambige Rolle ein. Keineswegs ist er auss­chließlich der strahlende Licht­gott der Snor­ra Edda, der auf heimtück­ische … Weit­er­lesen

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Open-Access-Bücher zur Nordistik

In der let­zten Zeit sind u.a. diese frei ver­füg­baren Titel erschienen: Stop! Hey, what’s that sound? The rep­re­sen­ta­tion and real­iza­tion of Dan­ish stops Ras­mus Pug­gaard-Rodehttps://doi.org/10.48273/LOT0631 This dis­ser­ta­tion inves­ti­gates the pho­net­ic and phono­log­i­cal char­ac­ter­is­tics of Dan­ish stop con­so­nants, with par­tic­u­lar focus … Weit­er­lesen

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Aus unseren Neuerwerbungen – Germanistik 2022.9

Ger­man­ic myths in the audio­vi­su­al cul­ture Ger­man­ic mythol­o­gy is cur­rent­ly expe­ri­enc­ing a sig­nif­i­cant boom in audio­vi­su­al media, espe­cial­ly among younger audi­ences. Heroes such as Thor, Odin and Siegfried pop­u­late tele­vi­sion and com­ic series, films, and video games. When and why … Weit­er­lesen

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Aus unseren Neuerwerbungen – Nordische Philologie 2022.9

Two Sagas of Myth­i­cal Heroes: Her­vor and Hei­drek & Hrólf Kra­ki and His Cham­pi­ons Inher­it­ed through the line of the berserk­er Anganty´r and his war-lov­ing daugh­ter Her­vor, the ever-lethal, shin­ing sword Tyrf­ing and its changes of hands frame the uncan­ny … Weit­er­lesen

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Bayern2 radioWissen: „Die Edda – Nordische Mythen und Sagen“

„Die Edda – das ist die entschei­dende Quelle für die nordis­che Mytholo­gie aus dem 13. Jahrhun­dert. Die Texte erzählen unter anderem von All­vater Odin, dem Don­ner­gott Thor und dem listi­gen Gott Loki. Die Fig­uren der Edda sind mit­tler­weile Stoff abend­fül­len­der … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast: „Hans Christian Andersen: What We Do With the Shadows“

„A sto­ry from Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen about becom­ing your best self…after that self com­plete­ly sep­a­rates from you and leaves you as mere­ly a shad­ow. The crea­ture this time is the invin­ci­ble bear mon­ster your ghost grand­pa warned you about.“ Sie … Weit­er­lesen

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Kennen Sie schon … das „Camelot Project“?

The Camelot Project is designed to make avail­able a data­base of Arthuri­an texts, images, bib­li­ogra­phies, and basic infor­ma­tion. The project, begun in 1995, is spon­sored by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Rochester and pre­pared in The Rossell Hope Rob­bins Library, locat­ed in … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Icelandic Legends: „Welcome Back, Cotter“

„Two sto­ries from Ice­land. On the first, Signy has a shot at the good life. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, that shot involves camp­ing out in a cave with giants, tone deaf swans, and mag­ic fly­ing beds. Oh, and some light kid­nap­ping. On the … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Norse Legends: „The Land of the Ice and Snow“

„We’re back in the nine worlds of Norse myth where two Viking blood broth­ers are look­ing for princess­es that have been kid­napped by leg­endary mon­sters. Their jour­ney will take them beyond their world of Midgard, to Jotun­heim, to see the … Weit­er­lesen

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Aus unseren Neuerwerbungen – Nordische Philologie 2021.4

Explor­ing NORDIC COOL in Lit­er­ary His­to­ryHow did Nordic cul­ture become asso­ci­at­ed with the fuzzy brand “cool”, as by default? In Explor­ing NORDIC COOL in Lit­er­ary His­to­ry twen­­ty-one schol­ars in col­lab­o­ra­tion ques­tion the seem­ing­ly nat­ur­al fit between “Nordic” and “Cool” by … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Scandinavian Legends: „Madness“

„The sto­ry that inspired Shakespeare’s Ham­let, the tale of Amleth, the prince of Den­mark. A ton of death, some cryp­tic non-rid­­dles, and copi­ous amounts of poop smear­ing serve as the start­ing point for one of the great­est works in the … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Russian Legends: „Dragons, Dragons Everywhere“

„The sto­ry of Dobrynya the drag­on slay­er from Russ­ian folk­lore is the tale of a young man find­ing his hero­ic des­tiny, from mag­i­cal hats to skin­ny dip­ping and danc­ing with baby drag­ons. Sor­ry, did I say danc­ing with baby drag­ons? … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Viking Legends: „Bloodlines“

„A Norse saga in the truest sense of the word, this sto­ry fol­lows one fam­i­ly through chang­ing times of the Mid­dle Ages. There are cursed swords, Viking love tri­an­gles, and why throw­ing stinky socks at a per­son whose only desire … Weit­er­lesen