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  2. Danes - Wikipedia

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    Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced [ˈtænskɐɐ]), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. [27] This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.

  3. Culture of Denmark - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Denmark has a rich artistic and scientific heritage. The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), the philosophical essays of Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), the short stories of Karen Blixen, penname Isak Dinesen, (1885–1962), the plays of Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), modern authors such as Herman Bang and Nobel laureate Henrik Pontoppidan and the dense ...

  4. Danes (tribe) - Wikipedia

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    It is not known when, but the tribal Danes divided the realm into "herreder" (marked by red lines). Beginning in the 8th century, the Danes initiated the construction of trading towns across their realm, including Hedeby, Ribe, Aarhus and Viborg and expanded existing settlements such as Odense and Aalborg. Hedeby quickly grew to become the ...

  5. History of Denmark - Wikipedia

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    In the new southern provinces, the Danes promoted Christianity (mission of the Rani, monasteries like Eldena Abbey) and settlement (Danish participation in the Ostsiedlung). The Danes lost most of their southern gains after the Battle of Bornhöved (1227), but the Rugian principality stayed with Denmark until 1325. Northern countries in 1219

  6. Danish folklore - Wikipedia

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    As in the rest of Europe, interest in Danish folklore was a result of national and international trends in the early 19th century. In particular, the German Romanticism movement was based on the belief that there was a relationship between language, religion, traditions, songs and stories and those who practiced them.

  7. Nordic race - Wikipedia

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    With the rise of modern genetics, the concept of distinct human races in a biological sense has become obsolete. [12] In 2019, the American Association of Biological Anthropologists stated: "The belief in 'races' as natural aspects of human biology, and the structures of inequality ( racism ) that emerge from such beliefs, are among the most ...

  8. Great Dane Claims Human Brother as 'Her' Baby and It's ... - AOL

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    Here she is checking out the playpen or sticking her snout into the bathtub to make sure the baby is doing well. Related: Great Dane and Toddler Brother's Matching Halloween Costume Should Win an ...

  9. Nordic folklore - Wikipedia

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    Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and Sápmi.