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the Valhalla Conversations podcast. I'm your

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host, Becky Hill, otherwise known as SoulChaser

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Becky, and I am a proud Viking geek. I fell in

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love with the history, culture, and mythology

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of the Viking age through historical fiction

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and Norse fantasy books. And I've been on an

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endless quest to know more ever since. I have

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read and reviewed over 100 books. in Norse fantasy

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genre and over 50 in Viking Age historical fiction

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and Viking Age non -fiction. I am the keen consumer

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of adaptations and retellings of both the history

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and the mythology, whether it's in comics, books,

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computer games, TV and films. My passionate hunger

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for more has led me to become an annual pilgrim

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to the Jorvik Viking Festival in York in the

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UK, which is run by the world -famous Jorvik

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Viking Museum. I've attended conferences to do

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Viking Age studies, such as the Richard Hall

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Symposium, Norse in the North Symposium, and

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the Midlands Viking Symposium. I first presented

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on the topic of Norse fantasy fiction at Nine

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Worlds Geek Con. London in 2018. I then co -hosted

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a panel discussing Norse fantasy and fiction

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with authors Joanne Harris, Francesca Simon and

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academic professor Caroline Larrington, which

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was streamed during the MCM Comic Con in London

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2021. Recently, I made my academic debut appearance

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at the Marie Symposium in Stavanger, August 2024,

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where I presented on depictions of Brunhilde

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Valkyrie in fantasy fiction. Please join me as

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I discuss all things Norse with those who have

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been inspired by Viking history and or Norse

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mythology in their creative works, or those who

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have studied the sagas and archaeology. and of

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course review how each of those subjects are

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being presented to modern audiences today. If

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you like Viking stuff, you are welcome in my

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Valhalla and I hope you stay for the conversations.