1 8 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. <a href="http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html">http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource â€˜Vikings Visited Cairnsâ€™, Rex Gilroy, Psychic Australia Subject The topic of the resource BifrÃ¶st, Cairns, Rex Gilroy, horned helmet, Mysterious Australia, Norse, Odin, opera, Psychic Australia, Qld, Queensland, Ring Cycle, Scandinavia, ship, swastika, Thor, Valkyrie, Viking, Vikings Visited Cairns, Richard Wagner, website. Description An account of the resource This article from ‘Psychic Australia’ in March 1977 by Rex Gilroy claims that Norse/Scandinavian sailors visited the South Pacific and northern Australia. The article, ‘Vikings Visited Cairns’’, is now freely available online on the Mysterious Australia website. The article includes various arguments for a Norse presence in the south Pacific, including swastika symbols found in rock and wood art in Java, Cambodia, Malaya, and Vietnam, the shape of war canoes in Fiji, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Tonga, and the physical appearance of some of the native inhabitants of New Guinea. Similar arguments are then applied to northern Australia, augmented by a comparison between northern-Australian Aboriginal religious beliefs and those of the Norse, such as the existence of a rainbow bridge (Bifröst in Old Norse texts) in both cultures, and spirits, or Valkyries, carrying off the dead after a battle. Gilroy also considers rock art near Cairns, Queensland, to show warriors dressed as Vikings in horned helmets. The author’s belief that Vikings wore horned and winged helmets, both of which became popularly associated with Vikings through the costumes used in Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) Ring Cycle operas (although there is evidence for the ceremonial use of horned helmets in pre-Viking age Scandinavia), and the confusion in calling Wotan/Oðin/Odin the thunder god instead of Þorr/Thor, allows for little confidence in the assertions of the article. The article can be found at <a href="http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html">http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html</a>   Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilroy, Rex Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Psychic Australia (hard copy); Mysterious Australia (online) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 1977 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Â© 2006 - Uru Publications Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Website BifrÃ¶st Cairns horned helmet Mysterious Australia Norse Odin opera Psychic Australia Qld Queensland Rex Gilroy Richard Wagner Ring Cycle Scandinavia ship swastika Thor Valkyrie viking Vikings Visited Cairns website.