"Rockridge Press"
Review: Getting all the Bases Covered with “Ásatrú for Beginners”
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Lyonel Perabo reviews Mathias Nordvig’s new introductory book on Heathenry, “Ásatrú for Beginners: A Modern Heathen’s Guide to the Ancient Northern Way.”
Paganism
Column: “By Toutatis!” – Asterix and the Pagan Revival
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Lyonel Perabo pays tribute to an unexpected source of his journey into Paganism – the classic comic series Asterix.
Arts & Culture
A new “Beowulf” confronts misogyny in the text – and its translators
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Eric O. Scott reviews the new translation of Beowulf by Maria Dahvana Headley, which features modern slang and a focus on the poem’s relationship to the women within it.
Anne Carson
Column: The Madness of Herakles
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Eric O. Scott considers the questions about the nature of the gods raised in Anne Carson’s translation of Euripides’s play “Herakles.”
Paganism
Book series explores ancient European languages
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The AELAW Project at the University of Zaragoza Press is presenting a series of books on ancient European languages, with the latest being about Cisalpine Celtic.