Norse Cosmology – Perisphere

The Virgin Spring: Film as Folk Ballad

By Olga Tchepikova-Treon June 2, 2025 June 2, 2025 BLEAK WEEK

A black and white image of a young blonde light-skinned girl in medieval clothing sitting on grassy ground, looking down on the sticks she's holding in her hands. On the left next to her, seated facing away from the camera, sits a light-skinned adult woman with dark hair, looking at the girl. A forest marks the background landscape, with a cow grazing on the left of the women.

| Sophie Durbin | Folk ballads are precious, living traces of the past that explain how things came to be as they are, or how things once were. Buried within layers of variation and localization, the original singers’ voices remain a haunting echo. Documenting a ballad… Continue reading

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The Virgin Spring: Film as Folk Ballad

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