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‎Old Norse Myths as Political Ideologies. Critical Studies in the Appropriation of Medieval Narratives‎

‎, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 260 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:1 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503588216.‎

‎Summary The mythology of the Norse world has long been a source of fascination, from the first written texts of thirteenth-century Iceland up to the modern period. Most studies, however, have focused on the content of the narratives themselves, rather than the broader political contexts in which these myths have been explored. This volume offers a timely corrective to this broader trend by offering one of the first in-depth examinations of the political uses of Norse mythology within specific historical contexts. Tracing the changing interests and usages of Norse myths from the medieval period, via the nineteenth century and the importance of ancient Norse beliefs to both the Romantic and v lkisch movements, up to the co-option of mythology and symbolism by political groups across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the papers gathered here offer new and critical insights into the changing nature of historiography and the political agendas that Old Norse myths are made to serve, as well as shedding new light on the way in which 'myths' are conceptualized. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction - NICOLAS MEYLAN and LUKAS R SLI sirism: The Impossibility of Ideological Neutrality in Snorra Edda - RICHARD COLE 'Reconciling' Ancient Paganism and Modern Protestantism: On the Scholarly Reception of Old Norse Mythology in the German Romantic Period - MARGOT DAMIENS Desirable Plainness? Friedrich von der Leyen's Writings on Education and Mythology between Johann Gottfried Herder and Nationalist Ideology - LEA BAUMGARTEN Otto H fler's M nnerb nde and V lkisch Ideology - COURTNEY MARIE BURELL Archaeology and Textuality in the Study of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religion - MARGARET CLUNIES ROSS The Revival of Archaic Traditions in Modern Times: V lkisch Imaginations in the Context of European Nordicism - HORST JUNGINGER Feminist Vikings, Ecological Gods and National Warriors; The Reception of Old Norse Religion and Culture in Sweden - FREDRIK GREGORIUS Barbaric Lands of the North in a Massively Multi-Player Role-Playing Game - LAURENT DI FILIPPO Reception of the Past, Projection of the Present: Creating Viking Masculinities - BARBORA DAVIDEK 'Re-Wild Yourself': Old Norse Myth and Radical White Nationalist Groups in Trump's America - VERENA H FIG The State of Vinland - MERRILL KAPLAN‎