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Ben Hellman
Oct 14
‘In Olden Days’ with Spike and Ilja
Ilja Zendman and Spike Bakker, members of the Dutch musical duo, Moro. In a track on the band Moro’s recent album, “In Geardagum,” a bog...
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Ben Hellman
Oct 31, 2021
Her Undying Love; Gothic Viking Zombie Mayhem
Hild, unable to bear the deaths of her lover and father, raises their bodies with the bodies of their warriors, leading to an endless...
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Ben Hellman
Apr 24, 2021
Beyond Beowulf: Curses, Shapechangers, and Doomed Love
The Saga of King Hrólf Kraki features two warriors, man and son, who fight as bears. The father is cursed to roam as a bear by day. The...
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Ben Hellman
Mar 7, 2021
One Sad Woman; Reclaiming Hildeburh’s Tale from her Men
“The lady lamented, sorrowed with songs...the greatest fire of the slain, roared before the mound” (Beowulf, 1117-1120; Benjamin Slade...
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