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    Axel Olrik (3 July 1864 – 17 February 1917) was a Danish folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography, and a pioneer in the methodical study of oral...
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  • explorer Axel Olrik (1864–1917), Danish folklorist and scholar of medieval historiography Axel Orrström (born 1986), Finnish footballer Axel Ottosson...
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  • identified by Axel Olrik for understanding the structure and form of folktales, and have a foundational significance in European folklore studies. Olrik's formulation...
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    appearance in Scandinavian folklore in the modern period, Danish folklorist Axel Olrik cites numerous examples of natural phenomena explained by way of Lokke...
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    and descriptions of Bieka-Galles in 18th century missionary reports, Axel Olrik identified this deity as the result of influence from the seafaring North...
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    shifts for her wedding night with the lindworm prince. Danish folklorist Axel Olrik, in his study, noted that the flower as a birthing implement appears in...
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  • beckons you; fighting now shakes the court, harsh strife batters the gates. Axel Olrik considered this as an isolated reference to Hrólfr Kraki's widow Hrut...
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    Communications in Copenhagen. Another folklorist who influenced him was Axel Olrik, who was to have been the disputant for his PhD thesis. Von Sydow was...
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    Iron Age. Other scholars placed his introduction at different times; Axel Olrik, during the Migration Age as a result of Gaulish influence. More radically...
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    with æ, e.g., læsir = Ljach, plural Ljasi, meaning 'Poles', [in:] s. Axel Olrik i Festskrift til Vilh. Thomsen, 126 f.; [in:] trans. Arkiv för nordisk...
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    sleeping child in a boat without oars with a sheaf of corn at his head. Axel Olrik identified Peko, a parallel "barley-figure" in Finnish culture, in turn...
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  • pp. 330–31 (in German). Axel Olrik. "Nordisk og lappisk gudsdyrkelse." Danske Studier 1905, pp. 39–63. (in Danish) Axel Olrik. "Tordenguden og hans dreng...
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    History of Science Society (1973), p. 236; c.f. Beer (1970), p. 140. Axel Olrik, Gudefremstillinger paa guldhornene og andre ældre mindesmærker, Danske...
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    distribution in the 19th century. Knutsen & Riisøy (2007), p. 48 and note 28. Olrik, Axel; Ellekilde, Hans (1926). Nordens gudeverden (in Danish). Vol. 1. København:...
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    without denying the possibility of a historical kernel. The saga scholar Axel Olrik (1914) regarded Harald as a historical Danish king who attacked an East...
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  • Own Cheese. Storey Publishing, LLC. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-1-60342-699-2. Axel, Olrik; Falbe-Hansen, Ida (1909). Danske Folkeviser i Udvalg [Danish] (in Danish)...
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    Läffler (1847–1921) Erik Brate (1857–1924) Eugène Lewenhaupt (1849–1927) Axel Olrik (1864–1917) Karl Johan Warburg (1852–1918) Hans Lange (1884–1960) Fredrik...
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  • professor Otto Jespersen (1860–1943) Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804–1886) Axel Olrik (1864–1917) Holger Pedersen (1867–1953), linguist Rasmus Rask, linguist...
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    sources who mention him place him centuries earlier. The Danish scholar Axel Olrik (1903) has proposed a solution to why the sources vary. According to Beowulf...
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    Luplau (1848–1925), artist and educator, active in the women's movement Axel Olrik (1864–1917), folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography Marie...
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    1859. They had six children; Benedicte Olrik, Dagmar Olrik, Axel Olrik, Eyvind Olrik, Hans Olrik and Jørgen Olrik. He died at Frederiksberg and was buried...
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    women like the Greek Aphrodite." In addition, Davidson says that "as Axel Olrik (1901) pointed out long ago, we know very little about Gefion, and it...
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    Dagmar Olrik (1860–1932) was a Danish painter and tapestry artist. She is remembered for her weaving and tapestry work, in particular for decorating a...
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    a collection of such accounts see Panzer, Beowulf, vol. i, pp. 16–29; Axel Olrik noted the correspondence between Siward's genealogy and two others: Saxo...
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  • Ledenbestand (Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum). Retrieved 3 May 2020. "Axel Olrik", KNAW Historisch Ledenbestand (Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum)...
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    talked of the Stones of Starkkarl at Vegeholm. The Danish folklorist Axel Olrik and Arthur Stille recorded many recent traditions about Starkad in north-western...
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    method for subsequent work by Svend Grundtvig, Evald Tang Kristensen, Axel Olrik and Hans Ellekilde who further documented legends and folk tales across...
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  • was started in 1853 by Svend Grundtvig. During the nineteenth century, Axel Olrik was also heavily involved, editing volumes 6-8. The work was continued...
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  • Tradition history is connected with secular folklore studies, especially Axel Olrik's analysis of Scandinavian folklore and the "laws" which he established...
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    Melodier I med Axel Olrik, 1902 Udvalg af Salmemelodier i Kirkestil, bind 2. 1904 Danske Folkeviser med gamle Melodier II med Axel Olrik 1909 Forspil og...
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