søndag 30. august 2026

The first plum harvest of the season

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  Two days ago, August 29, I gathered the first plum harvest of the season. Having grown up on a farm, all such first-fruits of any particul...
lørdag 29. august 2026

The Midgard serpent on another planet - or, Adventures in medievalism, part 8

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  Space may be the final frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement  - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californication  I forget who first m...
fredag 28. august 2026

The king shot an arrow - a runic inscription from Sogndal, Norway

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  Last weekend, I made a roadtrip through parts of Sogn, a district that covers both the northern and southern shores and inlands of Sognefj...
tirsdag 25. august 2026

Centuries of history in one picture

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The old adage about a picture saying more than a thousand words sometimes rings true with particular force. As I was walking my youngest sis...
fredag 31. juli 2026

The Stiklestad sanctuary ring

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This week, I have been in Stiklestad and Trondheim for work, since this is the Saint Olaf festival which culminates on July 29, and which is...
onsdag 29. juli 2026

The importance of Saint Olaf - the case of the Skjervøy altarpiece

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Today, July 29, is the feast of Saint Olaf. He was killed at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030, in an attempt to regain his kingship of Norwa...
fredag 24. juli 2026

The iron pilgrim - an aspect from the cult of Saint James the Elder

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Ne wight with him for his assistance went,  But that great yron groome, his gard and gouernment  - Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (Book 5...