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Ben Hellman

Sep 12, 2020

Two Trolls and a Dragon Walk into a Tale; Bridging the Grettir-Fafnir Divide in Beowulf

Two devis relax over a game with pieces that look suspiciously like human bones at Musthaid Park in Tblisi, Georgia. Devs are troll-like...

Ben Hellman

Sep 3, 2020

No Stone Unturned; An Investigation of Steinn from Grettis Saga

Rock eaters, controllers, destroyers and shapers: Left to right and top to bottom: The Rockbiter from The Neverending Story; Ludo from...

Ben Hellman

Aug 30, 2020

"Asphurtzela" and the Bear's Son Tradition

Public statue of the giant- and dragon-slaying Georgian culture hero Amirani, ამირანი, a figure associated with the Greek Prometheus myth....

Ben Hellman

Jul 19, 2020

Is the Georgian Folktale "Asphurtzela" an unrecognized Beowulf Analogue?

Beowulf Mural, Robert Eva, photographer, Sheerness, Kent, Great Britain, 2017 I've found some details in a Georgian folk tale that align...

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