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Dr.  Stephan Grundy (born 1967 in New York, U.S.) is an American author. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. Being versed in particularly the Germanic mythology and cultural history, Grundy is known best for his modern adaptations of legendary sagas. Norse mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and Legends of the Scandinavian peoples including those who settled on Iceland The term cultural history (from the German term) refers both to an Academic discipline and to its subject matter The sagas (from Icelandic saga, plural sögur) are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history about early Viking voyages Some of his work is published under the pseudonym Kveldulf Gundarsson.

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Life and work

Born 1967 in New York, Stephan Grundy grew up mainly in Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Already during his school days Grundy began to write down numerous stories—partly mere fiction, partly already oriented towards mythologigal themes or legends as the Arthurian romance. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" A theme, from Old French tesme, is a broad idea in a story or literary work or a message or lesson conveyed by a written text King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders

Under the pseudonym Kveldulf Gundarsson, the neo-paganist Grundy—temporarily a member of the North American Ring of Troth and other Ásatrú organisations—prior to his first novel brought two non-fiction books to paper, which dealt with Germanic religion and magic, and which are enjoying quite a good reputation among appreciators until this day. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Neopaganism or Neo-Paganism is an Umbrella term used to identify a wide variety of modern religious movements particularly those influenced by historical The Ring of Troth, now called simply The Troth, is an American Asatru ( Heathen) organization is Ásatrú ( Icelandic for " Æsir faith" auːsatruː in Old Norse; Norwegian Åsatru, Swedish Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. Germanic paganism refers to the religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples preceding Christianization. Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a Conceptual system that asserts human ability to control the natural world (including events objects people and

Rhinegold

Grundy began working on his first complete novel during his first year at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he was studying English and German philology. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave See Comparative linguistics for the narrower field of "comparative philology" Originally, the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf was intended to be the novel’s fundament, yet Grundy was convinced by his professor Dr. Stephen Flowers (author of numerous widely respected works about Germanic history and magic) that the Nibelung myth would be a far more appropriate basis for a first novel. An epic is a lengthy Narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation Beowulf is an Old English Heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between Stephen Edred Flowers (born 1953 is an American Runologist and expert on Occultism and Germanic mysticism. The German Nibelungen and the corresponding Old Norse form Niflung ( Niflungr) is the name in Germanic and Norse mythology

The largest part of the novel Grundy wrote down in a dormitory in St. Andrews, Scotland, where he spent one year as an exchange student. Dormitory typically refers in the United States to residence halls which are sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn is a Town and former Royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A student exchange program is a program in which a Student, typically in secondary or Higher education, chooses to live in a foreign country to learn Also one year as an exchange student he spent—virtually at the foot of the Drachenberg—in Bonn, Germany, what he combined with the research for his novel (which led Grundy all across Scandinavia as well). Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Research is defined as Human activity based on Intellectual application in the investigation of Matter. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well Rhinegold — adorned with dedications to, amongst others, Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien— came out in 1994, and quickly developed into an international best-seller. Dedication (Lat dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim to announce is to immerse oneself with sincerity into a certain subject or properly the setting apart A bestseller is a Book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade In the same year, Grundy graduated at the University of Cambridge with a thesis on Wotan, the Germanic god of war (“The Cult of Óðinn: God of Death?”). The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Wōden is a god in Anglo-Saxon paganism, together with Norse Odin representing a development of a Proto-Germanic god * Wōdanaz

Attila’s Treasure

Two years later, 1996, Grundy completed the novel Attila’s Treasure, in whose centre stands to a lesser extend Attila the Hun, but rather Grundy’s favourite legendary figure Hagen. Hagen ( German form or Högni ( Old Norse Hǫgni, often anglicized as Hogni) is a Burgundian warrior in tales This novel, too, was an internationel success, but to a lesser degree than the forerunner novel Rhinegold.

Gilgamesh

The novel was followed by the 1999 opus Gilgamesh, a modern adaptation of the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Sumer ( Sumerian: sux-Latn [[Ki (earth ki]]-[[EN (cuneiform en]]-'''ĝir15''', Akkadian: Šumeru; possibly Biblical Shinar The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. It attempted, in a courageous and sensitive manner, to address directly the unequivocally homosexual nature of the original text largely ignored by modern scholars. The reactions of the readership were quite ambivalent, but altogether this work is considered weaker than Grundy’s two earlier novels by the larger part of his readers.

Falcon Dreams Trilogy


Stephan Grundy today

In 1995 Stephan Grundy and his wife Melodi Lammond Grundy spent a year in a restored castle (Emmel Castle) in Shinrone, Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world They now occupy an 18th century Gregorian-style vicar's estate in southern Offaly. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí is a County in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath Mr. Grundy enjoys classical singing, beer-brewing, medieval combat and fencing in the Society for Creative Anachronism (for which he has attained high honor), and harp-playing. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea Brewing is the production of Alcoholic beverage and Alcohol fuel through fermentation. Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand Society for Creative Anachronism (usually shortened to SCA) is a historical re-creation and Living history group founded in 1966 which The harp is a Stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. Currently, Grundy is working on another novel, which will deal finally with the Beowulf poem.

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