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About What Was Loki's Actual Role In Norse Mythology? | Myths & Monsters

Death is a frightening, unsettling prospect for us all. Myths and legends help explore those anxieties. But they tell us about more than mortal fear alone. For in a culture's tales of death we can see what it is they value in life.

What Was Loki's Actual Role In Norse Mythology? | Myths & Monsters is presented by Absolute History. Its listed runtime is 40 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, What Was Loki's Actual Role In Norse Mythology? | Myths & Monsters uses actual, norse, mythology as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
What Was Loki's Actual Role In Norse Mythology? | Myths & Monsters
Category
Society
Runtime
40 minutes
Language
English

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