Mythology
I am fascinated by myths and religions. I can directly identify the Gods and stories represented in most greco-roman works of art. I can recite hours of histories of viking or greek gods and heroes.
I have traveled and visited many temples and holy places to study them. My favorite vists have been the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi in Greece, and the mythological place of birth of the Goddess Aphrodite at Cyprus.
I used to live in the north of Stockholm, which is the are in the world with higher density of runestones. Most of the existing Swedish runestones are still preserved at the place where they were originally erected, which is often in remote locations.
When I lived in Stockholm I spent a lot of my free time as runestone hunter, finding runestones and visiting them.
I have graduated in University courses related to mythology, such as:
- Greek and Roman Mythology. University of Pennsylvania.
- Sagas and Space - Thinking Space in Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia. University of Zurich.
- Reason and Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato. National University of Singapore.
Some of the texts which I have read and studied are:
Viking sources:
- The Eldder Edda
- The Prose Edda. Snorri Sturluson
- Viking Sagas
Greco-roman sources:
- The Theogony. Hesiod
- Works and Days. Hesiod
- The Iliad. Homer
- The Oddissey. Homer
- The Aeneid. Virgil
- Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus
- The Oresteia (Plays 1-3: Agamemnon. The Libation Bearers. The Euminides ). Aeschylus
- Euthyprho. Plato
- Meno. Plato
- The Bacchae. Euripides
- Oedipus Rex. Sophocles
Abrahamic Souces
- Bible
- Quran
- The Talmud of Jmmanuel