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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...

Ben Hellman
Jan 25, 2021


Beauty in the Beast: Photographer Charles Fréger and the Wilder Men
A winter festival performer from Christiansand, Norway, playing a Julebukk, a figure who goes door to door between Christmas and New...

Ben Hellman
Jan 12, 2021


A Dark Year Made Brighter: Folklorist's End-of-Year Notebook
Painted wheel of the year, from the Museum of Witchcraft, in Boscastle, England. (Wikipedia.) The wheel of the year reminds of me of the...

Ben Hellman
Dec 30, 2020
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