While masculine archetypes like the brave warrior or the wise leader were retained in polytheisti... more While masculine archetypes like the brave warrior or the wise leader were retained in polytheistic Norse lore even after Christianization, feminine archetypes in similar veins did not fit into the new model of society and therefore needed to be downplayed. This paper explores two notable exceptions to this marginalization of female characters in this body of work.
While masculine archetypes like the brave warrior or the wise leader were retained in polytheisti... more While masculine archetypes like the brave warrior or the wise leader were retained in polytheistic Norse lore even after Christianization, feminine archetypes in similar veins did not fit into the new model of society and therefore needed to be downplayed. This paper explores two notable exceptions to this marginalization of female characters in this body of work.
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