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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Viking Legends: VFFs

„After a ball game goes wrong in the worst pos­si­ble way, Viking best friends go on a quest to clear their names. A quest that involves poi­son vul­tures, evil priest­ess witch­es, kings that can trans­form into drag­ons, and stuffed ani­mal … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Norse Legends: „See How they Fly“

„In this episode from Norse leg­ends, we’ll see that the worst breakups involve Thor break­ing up the cou­ple with his ham­mer and we’ll see that even though Odin can shapeshift, that does­n’t mean he skips the con­di­tion­er. It’s the Saga … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Slavic folklore: „The Brave Companions“

„Join Bulat the Brave Com­pan­ion and Ivan Tsare­vich (no, not that one) as they get a mag­i­cal new horse, escape mag­i­cal prison, and get in some mag­i­cal fights.“ Sie kön­nen die Sendung, die am 20.5.2020 veröf­fentlicht wurde, über die Seite … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Italian Folklore: „Clever Girl“

„Two sto­ries, one from Italy, one from Eng­land. In the one from Italy, Costan­za is born which would usu­al­ly be pret­ty great … except her par­ents are already in retire­ment and have giv­en every­thing away to her old­er sis­ters, so … Weit­er­lesen

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BBC Radio 4 „In Our Time“: „Sir Gawain and the Green Knight“

„Melvyn Bragg and guests dis­cuss one of the jew­els of medieval Eng­lish poet­ry. It was writ­ten c1400 by an unknown poet and then was left hid­den in pri­vate col­lec­tions until the C19th when it emerged. It tells the sto­ry of … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast › Norwegian Folklore: „Adventure!“

„The sto­ry of the mas­ter thief, from Nor­we­gian folk­lore, which will have you won­der­ing what the dif­fer­ence is between a mas­ter thief and some­one who exploits the lazi­ness and igno­rance of strangers in incred­i­bly basic ways for their own gain. … Weit­er­lesen

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„Myths and Legends“-Podcast-Reihe „Norse Sagas“ zu Grettir dem Starken

In zwei Teilen befasst sich der „Myths and Legends“-Podcast mit Gret­tir, „who, whether it’s by berserk­ers crash­ing his Christ­mas par­ty, bears steal­ing his clothes, or his own obscene insult poet­ry, just can’t catch a break.„Teil 1: „Good for Noth­ing„Teil 2: … Weit­er­lesen

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Kennen Sie schon … das Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion?

Allu­sions form a colour­ful exten­sion to the Eng­lish lan­guage, draw­ing on our col­lec­tive knowl­edge of lit­er­a­ture, mythol­o­gy, and the Bible to give us a lit­er­ary short­hand for describ­ing peo­ple, places, and events. So a cun­ning crook is an Art­ful Dodger, … Weit­er­lesen

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Aus unseren Neuerwerbungen – Nordische Philologie 2020.2

Ever­green ash: ecol­o­gy and cat­a­stro­phe in Old Norse myth and lit­er­a­tureNorse mythol­o­gy is obsessed with the idea of an onrush­ing and unstop­pable apoc­a­lypse: Rag­narok, when the whole of cre­ation will per­ish in fire, smoke, and dark­ness and the earth will … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast: Viking Legends

Der Post­cast „Myths and Leg­ends“ befasst sich mit – wie der Name schon sagt 🙂 – Mythen und Leg­en­den: This show brings you folk­lore that has shaped our world. Some are incred­i­bly pop­u­lar sto­ries you think you know, but with … Weit­er­lesen

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The Myths and Legends Podcast: Chinese Folklore, Egyptian Mythology, Arabian Nights

Der Post­cast „Myths and Leg­ends“ befasst sich mit – wie der Name schon sagt 🙂 – Mythen und Leg­en­den: This show brings you folk­lore that has shaped our world. Some are incred­i­bly pop­u­lar sto­ries you think you know, but with … Weit­er­lesen