POPULAR RESONANCES: JULY AND AUGUST 2016

POPULAR RESONANCES: JULY AND AUGUST 2016

This marks the third installment of JH Roberts's regular column Popular Resonances. Popular Resonances examines references to ancient Germanic culture and Germanic mythology in modern popular culture as it happens. For more information on the feature, please see Roberts's introductory post here. This installment includes Thor: Ragnarok, Jotun: Valhalla Edition, Great Whale Road game, The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, and much more.

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Six Questions VI: Kim Larsen

Six Questions VI: Kim Larsen

The subject of our sixth interview in Mimisbrunnr.info's Six Questions series is Danish artist Kim Larsen. Larsen is  best known for his musical work, particularly as founder and sole constant member of musical project Of The Wand And The Moon (OTWATM).

Since OTWATM's first album in 1999, Nighttime Nightrhymes, a steady stream of singles, EPs, and albums has cemented the project as one of the most well known groups in a musical genre widely known as neofolk. Like some of his collaborators, Larsen has frequently employed symbolism and motifs from Germanic mythology in both his musical and visual output, perhaps most prominently in the 2005 album Sonnenheim.

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Six Questions V: Vigdís Sveinsdóttir

Six Questions V: Vigdís Sveinsdóttir

In the fifth interview of Mimisbrunnr.info's Six Questions series, we interview Vigdís Sveinsdóttir, an Icelandic-Norwegian psychology PhD candidate and Viking Age reenactor living and studying in Bergen, Norway. Vigdís operates the site valkyrja.com, where she regularly posts her thoughts, photography, and research on Viking Age-related topics.

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Articles and Artifacts: June 2016

Articles and Artifacts: June 2016

Articles and Artifacts (AA) is a new column here at Mimisbrunnr.info dedicated to covering academic developments in ancient Germanic studies—recent publications, archaeological finds, new translations, and the like. AA is authored by Joseph S. Hopkins.

In AA's first installment:
* Design Selected for Oslo Viking Ship Museum Expansion

* Danish Police and Archaeologists Examine Possible Viking Age Arson

* A Newly Found Grave Offers Clues to Heathen Female Social Status

* Team Rainbow Power Finds Huge Viking Age Gold Hoard in Denmark

* Sverris Saga Detail Confirmed by Archaeologists

* Amateur Archaeologist to Receive Anglo-Saxon Coin Find Share

* Winter 2015-2016 Issue of RMN Newsletter Now Available

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April and May Roundup: Point Rosee, the Woman in Blue, Finds Aplenty, and Much More

April and May Roundup: Point Rosee, the Woman in Blue, Finds Aplenty, and Much More

A semester wrapped and a move took place and now we've got a nice big update for everyone. Behold!:

* Point Rosee: Satellite Images Reveal Potential Second Norse Settlement in North America

* Viking Age Sword Sparks Conflict in Russia, Ukraine, and Estonia

* Viking Age Thing Found in Bute, Scotland

* Unusual Viking Age Object Anonymously Donated to National Museum of Ireland

* More Information about Short-Lived Viking Age "Woman in Blue" Revealed from Teeth Analysis

* Discovery of around 150 Anglo-Saxon Graves in Bulford

* New Reading of Rök Runestone

* Discoverer of Galloway Hoard Claims Mistreatment

* Huge Viking Age-Inspired Ship Arrives in Iceland from Norway

* Icelandic Elf School in the News Again

* The Wild Hunt Food Cart Begins Operation in Portland, Oregon

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March Roundup: New Birka-type Crucifix Discovered, Dexippus Fragment Translation Published, Rare Belt Buckle Found, and Galloway Hoard Images

March Roundup: New Birka-type Crucifix Discovered, Dexippus Fragment Translation Published, Rare Belt Buckle Found, and Galloway Hoard Images

March has been pretty fruitful for news in ancient Germanic studies. From a new Birka-type Viking Age crucifix found on the Danish island of Funen, to a new translation of newly discovered fragment of an account of a Gothic invasion of Greece, to the implications of a curious belt buckle found in a Viking Age grave in Jutland, and finally to new images of a Viking Age hoard found in Scotland, there's plenty to talk about here.

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