Rota was a rebellious Valkyrie, one of the fierce warrior women known as the “choosers of the slain” who served Odin. During Ragnarok, the Valkyries chose who would die and escorted souls to Valhalla, ...
Given that the folk high schools themselves teach Norse mythology, Ewing and Grady incorporate it into their visuals, particularly the tale of the three “Norns,” or fates who weave a future at ...
Given that the folk high schools themselves teach Norse mythology, Ewing and Grady incorporate it into their visuals, particularly the tale of the three “Norns,” or fates who weave a future at the ...
Sundance: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady bring their brand of sensitive, smart verité filmmaking to a very special Norwegian high school.
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‘Folktales' Review: ‘Jesus Camp' Directors Head to Norway for a Frigid, Furry and Very Sweet Coming-of-Age DocThe documentary uses fleeting reenactments and insufficiently justified framing devices to connect a contemporary story with legends involving Odin and the Norns, the Norse equivalent of the Fates ...
Scandinavian Arctic culture receives some of the most memorable poetic and musical cinematic treatment to be found in this year's Sundance slate, with the premiere of FOLKTALES, directed by Heidi ...
Co-directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Love Fraud, 2020 Sundance Film Festival) draw on the myth of Norse god Odin as an evocative framing device. Just as Odin observed the Norns, three fates who ...
As Viking expert Dr Eleanor Barraclough explained on the HistoryExtra podcast, these dates do not tell the whole story. Norse activity in Europe started sooner than AD 793 and continued well after the ...
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