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Re: Vicktor Rydberg
(in Heathen Hearth)
Heill Rig,
The following passage speaks to a couple of points raised in this thread. It's from an excellent recent book on Northern mythology and myth theory that I picked up at the Medieval Congress yesterday: “The modern effort to compre... read more discussion post on Sun, May 11, 2008 - 10:20 AM
Re: Vicktor Rydberg
(in Heathen Hearth)
>Tri-partite social organization is only true on the larger scales and then only if one has intellectual patience i.e. over look the counter examples and see where one gets.>
Well said, Bill. The problem with the tripartite theory is that it... read more discussion post on Wed, May 7, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Re: Vicktor Rydberg
(in Heathen Hearth)
Heill, Mike,
To some extent, all scholarship is a product of its time. Grimm accomplished some noteworthy feats, but every word he wrote was directed (by his own admission) to the glorification of the German nation. His great work on Germanic... read more discussion post on Tue, May 6, 2008 - 4:54 PM
Re: Kalamazoo 2008
(in Heathen Hearth)
>I would love to come but have otherwise other engagements in the UK at present.>
Pity. The Congresses are great fun, as well as a magnificent learning opportunity. I got my picture in the Chronicle of Higher Education last year, lunging over... read more discussion post on Mon, April 21, 2008 - 4:40 PM
Kalamazoo 2008
(in Heathen Hearth)
Is anyone from this group planning to attend this year's International Congress on Medieval Studies at WMU? It always adds to the fun to quaff a beaker with fellow heathens at Bilbo's.
-R.S. discussion post on Fri, April 18, 2008 - 2:44 PM
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