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In the Borderlands - Olle Möllervärn: Bear Culture – A New Approach to Bear-Human Relations in Scandinavian Folklore #41

Olle Möllervärn: Bear Culture – A New Approach to Bear-Human Relations in Scandinavian Folklore #41

In the Borderlands
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Of all the creatures of the forest, the bear holds a place most dear in the hearts of ancient Scandinavians. New animist thinking and perspectives on how our forebears related to the world around them as well as the concept that personhood and culture is the baseline of existence for all life, ignited a spark in Olle Möllervärn's mind during his Religious studies.
His fascinating master thesis on "Bear Culture“ is the springboard for this podcast episode where we delve into folklore and tradition with both the bear and the human as our guide, and the fascinating borderland that emerges between them.
Bear Culture – A New Approach to Bear-Human Relations in Scandinavian Folklore MA thesis
https://miun.academia.edu/OlleM%C3%B6llerv%C3%A4rn
Thanks to Björn Ola Lind for letting us use bear recordings from the Finnish-Russian border in the intro and outro.
PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
EMAIL
contact@intheborderlands.com
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/
REFERENCES
Sámi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi
Animism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
Nordic Animism
https://nordicanimism.com/
Book: Animism: Respecting the Living World by Graham Harvey
https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/animism-2/
Article: Cosmological Deixis and Amerindian Perspectivism by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
https://www.academia.edu/49762942/Cosmological_Deixis_and_Amerindian_Perspectivism
Brothers Grimm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm
Story: Bearskin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale)
Ursa Major
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major
Saxo Grammaticus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticu
Lieaibolmmai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieaibolmmai
Skogsrå
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skogsr%C3%A5
Mary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus
Noaidi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noaidi

10/22/23 • 65 min

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