Folklore has, until very recently, been at the fringes of archaeological research. Post-processual archaeology has promoted plurality in interpretation, however, and archaeology more widely is required to make itself relevant to contemporary society; so, contemporary folkloric practices vis-à-vis archaeological remains are once again receiving attention. In this paper we examine contemporary Pa...

Abstract K.H. Miskotte’s Bijbels ABC , recently translated into English as Biblical s resources resistance by carefully reading the Hebrew scriptures. This article argues that central, defining theme of book is focus on Name YHWH ‘anti-pagan monument par excellence.’ Paganism for Miskotte does not mean absence religion nor a particular, polytheistic or worldview, but natural human inclination t...

Abortion in Pagan context Often abortion is regarded as a contemporary issue only. However, even before the birth of Christ, in Greek and Roman society abortion was commonplace. Christianity developed in a largely pagan society. In an attempt to understand Christian feelings and attitudes, we first need to observe abortion in its pagan context. Abortion appears to have been practised extensivel...

In the empirical analysis of panel data the Breusch Pagan statistic has become a standard tool to infer on unobserved heterogeneity over the cross section. Put differently, the test statistic is central to discriminate between the pooled regression and the random effects model. Conditional versions of the test statistic have been provided to immunize inference on unobserved heterogeneity agains...

Harding and Pagan note that their stripped-down Markov-switching model (3)-(5) is an example of a standard state-space model, albeit with non-Gaussian innovations. This is indeed true of a broad class of Markov-switching models, as noted by Hamilton (1994, Section 4.1). Hence one could always use the Kalman filter in Markov-switching models to find the linear projection of the unobserved regime...

The success of a Thoroughbred racehorse is determined by a multitude of factors, many of which are impossible to evaluate. Thoroughbreds are commonly selected for racing ability by pedigree and conformation analysis. There have been few studies associating growth and body size with racing performance (Pagan, 1998a; Cain, 2006; Smith et al., 2006). The genetic make-up, or genotype, contributes t...

The subject of this research is the “pagan” images in modern mass culture context novels “American Gods” by English writer Neil Gaiman and “Mahogany Man” contemporary Russian Andrey Rubanov. goal article lies analysis US experience assimilation integration pagan heritage consumer society. Research methodology employs methods offered Er...

beowulf is the first known english epic which preserves the history, myth, culture and some basic human values of people from the past and present, though beowulf is often considered as the archetypal of an anglo-saxon literary work depicting the pagan life of the scandinavians. but a close analysis of their culture presents another perspective of history. some epic characters even elevate them...