Ben Hellman
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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Ben Hellman
- Jul 19, 2020
Is the Georgian Folktale "Asphurtzela" an unrecognized Beowulf Analogue?
Beowulf Mural, Robert Eva, photographer, Sheerness, Kent, Great Britain, 2017 I've found some details in a Georgian folk tale that align...
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