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Odhinn and TΓ½r: war, law and magic in the Germanic tradition

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Notes on mythical sovereignty in the Germanic tradition: a comparison between the two divinities (Odhinn and TΓ½r) assigned to the ambit, from the point of view of the "Indo-European functional tripartite division", of the so-called "First function" - in the light of the historical evidence emerging from Tacitus's β€œGermany” and of comparative studies (with the Vedic and Roman traditions) of the French historian of religions Georges DumΓ©zil.

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The Sacred Wood of Bomarzo: an initiatory journey

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Visiting the "Parco dei Mostri" of Bomarzo, conceived by Pier Francesco Orsini in memory of his late wife Giulia Farnese and created by Pirro Ligorio, is equivalent to making a real metaphysical journey, stimulated by the numerous hermetic-alchemical suggestions, in the abysses of the human interiority.

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