Old Norse Revenants and the Persistence of the Undead into Modernity @RomancingTheGothic

Old Norse Revenants and the Persistence of the Undead into Modernity @RomancingTheGothic

Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Natalie Hopwood joins us for this thought-provoking talk (and an excellent telling of some Norse legends of the undead!)

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