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Description of  Mythology and Nation Building: N.f.s. Grundtvig and His European Contemporaries

8771846263 pdf This interdisciplinary anthology offers new perspectives on the role of pre-Christian mythologies in the formation of national communities in 19th Century Europe. Through a combination of theoretical articles and case studies, it provides new understandings of how intellectual and cultural thinkers across Europe utilised pre-Christian mythologies as a resource for forging their respective national communities.