Tag: Loki

Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch, Faust and Mephisto Playing Chess, ca. 1825

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Part 2 of 3 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here)

III. Eating His Words: Renaissance Tricksters

Renaissance dramas were also a rich fount for stories/speech gone awry and ironic. (more…)

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It has been some time since I have published an installment in this series (the last, in fact, was in November 2019). After more than a year of research and reflection, I am ready to return to the story of Sigurd, Fafnir’s Bane. (more…)

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Brian de Palma’s 1987 film, The Untouchables, from a script by David Mamet, is usually seen as a Hero’s Quest film, like Star Wars (or The Final Sacrifice), or at least an Epic in some way,[1] but I find it more interesting to see it as a film that, probably unconsciously, delineates the re-creation of the ancient Aryan Männerbund.[2]

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Übersetzt von Deep Roots

English original here

Ich möchte den Fußspuren von Jonathan Bowden folgen und Rasse und Ethnizität im Kontext der Marvel-Comics diskutieren. (more…)

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German translation here

I’d like to follow in the footsteps of Jonathan Bowden and discuss race and ethnicity in the context of Marvel comics. (more…)