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Using a cultural studies approach to deal with certain classical myths and the way they inform psychoanalytic theory, historical experience, elite culture, popular culture and everyday life, this book follows the 'myth model' to show the mythic content of many elite and popular …
This book is a history of trolls from their first appearances in folk tales - some people reported actual encounters with trolls, and others found such encounters plausible even if they were not sure - and follows a natural transition from folklore to trolls in other domains of …
"The myths of the Norse god Thor were preserved in the Icelandic Eddas, set down in the early Middle Ages. The bane of giants and trolls, Thor was worshipped as the last line of defence against all that threatened early Nordic society. Thor's significance persisted long after th…
"Este ensayo de historia cultural intenta esclarecer el papel de los factores espirituales en la formación de la conciencia nacional de México del siglo XVI al XIX. Esta conciencia nacional se confundió durante siglos con los avatares de las grandes divinidades aztecas: el héroe…
"Este ensayo de historia cultural intenta esclarecer el papel de los factores espirituales en la formación de la conciencia nacional de México del siglo XVI al XIX. Esta conciencia nacional se confundió durante siglos con los avatares de las grandes divinidades aztecas: el héroe…
"What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from ancient myth, Liz Gloyn …
"What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from ancient myth, Liz Gloyn …