Tag: Old Norse
The Danes may not be religious, but the majority are spiritually needy – studies
As many as 81.9 percent of Danes have felt a “spiritual need” in the past month, according to a new study. The paper, the largest of its kind to date, collected data from 26,678 participants of all ages. The researchers seek to emphasize the connection between spiritual beliefs and physical health, promoting a holistic understanding […]
The Danes may not be religious, but the majority are spiritually needy – studies
As many as 81.9 percent of Danes have felt a “spiritual need” in the past month, according to a new study. The paper, the largest of its kind to date, collected data from 26,678 participants of all ages. The researchers seek to emphasize the connection between spiritual beliefs and physical health, promoting a holistic understanding […]
Why Old Norse myths persist in popular culture
From Wagner to William Morris in the late 19th century, via Tolkien’s dwarves and CS Lewis The final battleuntil last year controversial film The NorthmanScandinavian gods and heroes have been central to the stories we tell ourselves. As a professor of medieval European literature, I have been exploring Old Norse mythology since my undergraduate degree. […]
Norway makes fascinating discoveries
Archaeologists have found a rune stone they say dates back to the time of Jesus Christ A team of Norwegian archaeologists has found what they call the oldest runestone known to date. The small, brownish rock with mysterious inscriptions is said to date back to the time of Jesus Christ and to be about 2,000 […]
‘Beforeigners’: Dark, dangerous and dead set fun
‘Beforeigners’ is a wild time-traveling Scandinavian series with a lot to say about migration, technology and the universal need to connect, writes Dr Lisa Harper Campbell. YET ANOTHER hidden gem awaits you in the online catalog from SBS on Demand. This time it is the first Norwegian series from HBO Nordic (now HBO Max), a […]
Performance Review: Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre’ is frighteningly, indulgently epic
After a break of almost ten years, the iconic work of the German opera legend Richard Wagner is back on Danish soil. ‘Die Walküre’ (The Valkyrie) – an episode from Wagner’s greatest work ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ (The Cycle of the Ring), based on the trials and tribulations of the Nordic gods and warring mortals […]
Christmas in Denmark: Behind the festive traditions
The Vikings first encountered Christianity in the 8th and 9th centuries with the arrival of foreign monks and the rise of foreign trade. The first Danish king to convert to Christianity, Harold Blåtand (Harald Blåtand), was baptized around 965. Despite pressure from the church to call Christmas ‘Christmas Mass’, the Danes kept the term ‘Christmas’ […]
Trailer of “The Northman” starring Björk and Sjón
Robert Eggers, director of The Witch and The Lantern, has even more surprises in store for his latest venture, The Northman. The movie is currently in the editing phase, but a trailer is already available. “It’s basically the story of Hamlet or the Lion King that was originally an old Norse tale – a Norse […]
Performance Review: Introspection in Dark Darkness, But Why Are We in the Theater?
Make no mistake: ‘English Speakers’ is an intelligent script. And there were elements of its staging that were borderline ingenious. I have no doubt that it will be heard by a much wider audience, either as a podcast or potentially as the script for a piece of animation. But in Lille Scene at Skuespilhuset on […]
Beaten and stabbed to death: Friends are found guilty of killing older men
Two friends are guilty of killing two men in Ruds Vedby and in Vemmelev last year. A jury in Næstved on Tuesday decided this. The victims were a 68-year-old man and an 80-year-old man, respectively. They were killed in April and in June. Also read: Two men brutally murdered in their home: Now trial is […]
Friends are found guilty of two murders of older men
Two friends are guilty of killing two men in Ruds Vedby and in Vemmelev last year. A jury in Næstved on Tuesday decided this. The victims were a 68-year-old man and an 80-year-old man, respectively. They were killed in April and in June. Also read: Two men brutally murdered in their home: Now trial is […]