Ben Hellman
Too Much of a Good Thing; Epic Burnout in the Jangar Cycle
Too much of a good thing isn't always fabulous. A hero of Jangar drinks a bowl of wine it would take sixty men to lift, a common...
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Ben Hellman
- Sep 12, 2020
Two Trolls and a Dragon Walk into a Tale; Bridging the Grettir-Fafnir Divide in Beowulf
Two devis relax over a game with pieces that look suspiciously like human bones at Musthaid Park in Tblisi, Georgia. Devs are troll-like...
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Ben Hellman
- Sep 3, 2020
No Stone Unturned; An Investigation of Steinn from Grettis Saga
Rock eaters, controllers, destroyers and shapers: Left to right and top to bottom: The Rockbiter from The Neverending Story; Ludo from...
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Ben Hellman
- Aug 30, 2020
"Asphurtzela" and the Bear's Son Tradition
Public statue of the giant- and dragon-slaying Georgian culture hero Amirani, ამირანი, a figure associated with the Greek Prometheus myth....
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