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There is a wonderful Ridley Scott film from 1977 called The Duellists, based on a Joseph Conrad short story, “The Duel.” It follows the exploits of two hussars in Napoleon’s Grande Armée as they traveled from 1800 Strasbourg, to 1812 Russia, and back again to France after Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo. Were their enemies the Prussians, or the Russians, or the British? No, their true enemies were one another — (more…)
Ludwig Fahrenkrog, « La chasse sauvage »
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Dans le premier volume de TYR, j’ai examinés quelques aspects du rôle de Woden dans le panthéon germanique. Dans le présent article je souhaite examiner non tant ce qu’est Woden, mais plutôt comment il apparut [1].
C’est un truisme de dire que la nature d’une divinité est un reflet des espoirs et des craintes de ses adorateurs. (more…)
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Tacitus’ Germania, a short monograph on German ethnography written c. 98 AD, is of great historical significance. The transmission of the text to the present day, and certain adventures and tensions surrounding it, make for an interesting story.
Roman historian and aristocrat Cornelius Tacitus (c. 55–c. 117 AD) was the author of several works, more than half of which have been lost. (more…)