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Ben Hellman
Oct 31, 2021
Her Undying Love; Gothic Viking Zombie Mayhem
Hild, unable to bear the deaths of her lover and father, raises their bodies with the bodies of their warriors, leading to an endless...
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Ben Hellman
Jun 17, 2021
Immortal Queer; LGBTQ+ Narratives in Mythology
Loki consumes the female Gullveig’s heart, and is impregnated, an illustration of lines from Hyndluljóð, or Song of Hyndla, by John...
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Ben Hellman
Apr 24, 2021
Beyond Beowulf: Curses, Shapechangers, and Doomed Love
The Saga of King Hrólf Kraki features two warriors, man and son, who fight as bears. The father is cursed to roam as a bear by day. The...
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Ben Hellman
Jan 25, 2021
Toying with Ancient Stories; Uncovering the Tales of the Old English Poem “Widsith”
Danish King Hrothgar with his nephew Hrothulf, cutting down the Heathobards as Heorot Hall burns, following the failed wedding union...
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Ben Hellman
Dec 8, 2020
Seldom Told Tales; Unraveling Viktor Rydberg’s Norse Mythos
Freya and Svipdag, by the illustrator John Bauer. This is one of several stories I had never read about before reading Viktor Rydberg's...
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Ben Hellman
Oct 31, 2020
Noodling through Norse Myths; Folklorist's Notebook
Some of the books I've been moving to and from various end tables, usually not as neat as this. It has been a week of Norse myth study...
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Ben Hellman
Oct 22, 2020
A Roundup of Mythology News; Folklorist's Notebook
An avenging Medusa, Abenaki Folklore, a new Beowulf, a fascinating take on Norse Mythos, and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize for...
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