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Eddic Myth, Victorian Values: The Popularisation of Old Norse Mythology in Britain, 1837 to 1876. (2009)
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Ashurst, D. (2009). Eddic Myth, Victorian Values: The Popularisation of Old Norse Mythology in Britain, 1837 to 1876. In K. Schultz, & F. Heesch (Eds.), Sang an Ægir: Nordische Mythen um 1900 (45-71). Winter

The essay examines the key works that helped to popularise eddic myths in Britain during the period from Queen Victoria’s accession in 1837 to her adoption of the title Empress of India in 1876, and it relates them to the main strands of Victorian th... Read More about Eddic Myth, Victorian Values: The Popularisation of Old Norse Mythology in Britain, 1837 to 1876..