Germanic Mythology in Music: Cultural Memory and Conflict within the Framework of Modern Globalization

The multi-layered enactment of a national past in music has been strongly intertwined with the usage of mythological elements. Having often been compiled as a coherent narrative during the emergence of the European nation-states (like the Finnish Kalevala), the mythological material has often been perceived as a form of historical truth and national justification. This focal role is also apparent in various music genres ranging from folk revival to metal in post-1989 Europe. Within the globalized context, however, local-national interpretations can collide with earlier nationalist appropriations. This complex and sometimes politically conflicting situation becomes particularly evident with groups falling back on symbols and narrations that had previously been employed by Nazi-Germany. While Nazi-Germany had, among others, tried replace the Christmas tradition with elements and songs from Germanic (and other) mythological sources, modern Neo-Nazi music groups often employ central mythological names (like Odin or Tyr) and iconic elements (like Vikings and warriors) in song lyrics and CD cover designs. However, while many covers and lyrics are legally forbidden in Germany, Scandinavian and Baltic groups (like the Faroese Viking metal group Tyr and the Latvian pagan metal band Skyforger) employ similar elements of Norse mythology, which are often combined with traditional material. Discussing selected case studies, this paper highlights central discursive points of colliding historical-national associations and individual interpretations of the mythological elements in musical contexts. How far can the material be disassociated from the earlier historical political usage and instrumentalization? Is this necessary ? And how can the specific global-local conflict points be approached by a theoretical framework ?

The Jewish child : its history, folklore, biology, & sociology

by W. M. Feldman. With an introd. by Sir James Crichton-Browne

Ein Symposium der Forschung [Rezension] : Occident and Orient. Being Studies in Semitic Philology and Literature, Jewish History, Philosophy and Folklore in the widest sense. In Honour of Haham Dr. Gasters 80. Birthday ed. by Bruno Schindler and A. Marmorstein. Taylors Foreign Press, London 1937

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Altjüdisches Folklore

Leon Kellner

Un archivo del folklore nacional : La Encuesta de Magisterio de 1921

En la primera mitad del siglo pasado tuvo lugar el principal proceso de relevamiento, recolección y documentación de las manifestaciones orales de la literatura nacional. El proyecto más importante de esta etapa fue la Encuesta del Magisterio de 1921, cuyos resultados fueron reunidos en la Colección de Folklore. En ese año el Ministerio de Educación de la Nación encargó a los maestros de las escuelas nacionales de todo el país la recolección de los elementos folklóricos que encontraran en su jurisdicción. Nuestra propuesta consiste en presentar la Encuesta de Magisterio en el marco de las políticas culturales en las que surge y que la convierten en una herramienta didáctica empleada por los estudiosos y colectores letrados para transmitir los "valores" nacionales