Community Roundup: March 2020

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Well, it’s been an extremely unusual March—to say the least—and now is a fine time to dig into some quality content relevant to ancient Germanic studies. So, as we do every month, Mimisbrunnr.info has rounded up a retrospective digest of the activities of a variety of excellent projects over the past month.

Huginn and Muninn depicted by Rim Bitik for Mimsbrunnr.info, 2019

March 2020 saw updates from the following web-based projects:

  1. Brute Norse

    Eirik Storesund

  2. Fair Folk
    Danica Boyce

  3. Folklore & Fiction
    Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran, Memorial University of Newfoundland

  4. Nordic Animism
    Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen, University of Uppsala

  5. Nordic Mythology Channel & Podcast
    Mathias Nordvig, University of Colorado, Boulder

 

  1. BRUTE NORSE (EIRIK STORESUND)

Norwegian writer Eirik Storesund operates the internet-based project Brute Norse (read Storesund’s 2018 interview with Six Questions here). This month’s updates include:

 

2. FAIR FOLK (DANICA BOYCE)

Canadian folklorist Danica Boyce operates Fair Folk, a podcast focused on folklore studies, and authors folklore-related artists (read Boyce’s 2019 Six Questions interview here). This month’s updates include:

 

3. FOLKLORE & FICTION
(CEALLAIGH S. MACCATH-MORAN)

American-Canadian folklorist Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran (Memorial University of Newfoundland) operates Folklore & Fiction, where she produces articles aimed at introducing a broad audience to the topic of folklore studies, often touching on ancient Germanic studies (read MacCath-Moran’s 2019 Six Questions interview here). This month’s updates include:

 

4. NORDIC ANIMISM
(RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN)

Danish religious studies academic Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen (University of Uppsala) operates Nordic Animism, a project focused on the application of Old Norse animism and its relevance to modern society (read Rasmussen’s 2019 Six Questions interview here). This month’s updates include:

 

5. NORDIC MYTHOLOGY CHANNEL & PODCAST
(MATHIAS NORDVIG)

Danish academic Mathias Nordvig (University of Colorado) operates the Nordic Mythology Channel and co-cohosts the Nordic Mythology Podcast with Daniel Farrand of Horns of Odin (read Nordvig’s 2018 Six Questions interview here). This month’s updates include:

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Podcast