英语本科毕业论文-The Norse Mythology Norse Mythology in The Lord of the Ring and World of Warcraft

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1、第20页TheMislaidTreasure——theNorseMythologyNorseMythologyinTheLordoftheRingandWorldofWarcraftNorsemythologyisanepiclegendthatseemstohavebeenlongforgotten.Notbeingsowell-knownaseitherGreekmythologyortheBible,it,nevertheless,exertsaconsiderableinfluenceonourcontemporaryculture.

2、OutofpersonalcuriosityandfondnessofthegreatliteraryworkslikeTheLordoftheRingandcomputergameslikeWorldofWarcraft,thewriterofthispaperhascometorealizethatbothofthesetwobearconsiderableinfluenceofNorsemythology.AndfromthisarisestheurgetodelveintotheepiclegacyofNorsemythologyin

3、thehopeofbringingintolighttheconnectionbetweenthemandNorsemythology.Throughacontrastivestudy,thispaperrepresentsaresearchintoNorsemythologyanditsinfluenceoncontemporaryculturerepresentedbyTheLordoftheRingandWorldofWarcraft.Itishopedthatthroughthisinitialresearch,thewriterwi

4、llbeabletohelpmorepeoplewiththesamepreferencetodeepentheirunderstandingofNorsemythologyaswellastofurtherenjoyandexperienceTheLordoftheRingandWorldofWarcraft.I.NorseMythology1.1WhatisNorseMythology?Norsemythology,ScandinavianmythologyandVikingmythologyallrefertothepre-Christ

5、ianreligionoftheNorwegian,Swedish,Icelandic,andDanishpeoples.AfewbooksgroupFinnishmythologyinwiththeNorsebuttheoldbeliefsofFinlandformaseparatetraditionalthoughtherearesomeinterestingparallels.TheNorsemythologicalsystemaswecurrentlyhaveitcomesdowntousmainlyfromtheIcelandicE

6、ddasandsagaswhichwerewrittendownafewcenturiesaftertheChristianizationofthenorth.TherehasbeenmuchresearchtryingtodiscernthetrueancientreligionaspracticedbythepeopleoftheScandinaviancountriesasopposedtotherepresentationwearegiveninthewrittensources.AsidefromanyinfluenceChrist

7、ianitymighthaveplayed,Norsemythologypresentsuswithamultilayered,oftencontradictory,worldviewwithamyriadofparallelsinothermythologicalsystems.Itisaplaygroundforthecomparative吉林华桥外国语学院毕业论文用纸第20页mythologyresearcher,richwithelementsfromIndo-European,Shamanistic(thereligionofman

8、yoftheancientless-developedcivilizationsoftheworld.Somesocietiestodayareshamanisti