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Title
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Medievalism on the Page
Description
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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 children’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
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<a href="http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html">http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html</a>
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Title
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‘Vikings Visited Cairns’, Rex Gilroy, Psychic Australia
Subject
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Bifröst, 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
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<p>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.</p>
<p>The article can be found at <a href="http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html">http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/strangephenomenonh.html</a></p>
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Creator
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Gilroy, Rex
Publisher
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Psychic Australia (hard copy); Mysterious Australia (online)
Date
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March 1977
Rights
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Copyright © 2006 - Uru Publications
Format
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Website
Bifröst
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.
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https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/a56392e035eb56b1b0e792ef4da26c09.bmp
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Title
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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 children’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.
Still Image
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Title
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‘The Sagamen’, <em>The Bulletin</em>, 2 May 1907
Subject
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armour, battle-axe, conquest, dragon ship, Francis William Ophel (1871-1912), Freya, heroism, Iceland, Norns, Odin, paganism, runes, sagas, shields, Skaldic tales, spells, swords, Thor, Valhalla, Valkyrie, Vikings, violence, warriors.
Description
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‘Prospect Good’ was the nom de plume of the gold prospector, fossicker, and bush poet, Francis William Ophel. This poem, ‘The Sagamen,’ is filled with vivid imagery drawn in the style of Old Icelandic sagas (Louise D’Arcens, <em>Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910</em>, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.142). According to Ophel’s logic, the content of these Skaldic tales is no different from speeches and editorials designed to legitimize nineteenth-century imperial narratives; they cleverly subvert truth and disguise real-life events under a nuanced and textured layer of bravado and heroic deeds where violence is praised and overvalued. In contrast, Ophel’s is likely suggesting here that there is nothing glorious about slaughter, plunder, theft and rapine, and the over reliance on strong-arm tactics. Presumably the political rationale for this strategy is formed along the lines of: ‘they’ did it ‘back then,’ so it must be alright for ‘us’ to emulate ‘now’; but Ophel, who realises that this reasoning is mendacious, states plainly and firmly in The Sagamen’s final couplet: “The naked truth is hidden / Beneath a web of words".
Creator
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‘Prospect Good’ (Francis William Ophel)
Source
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<em>The Bulletin</em>
Publisher
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<em>The Bulletin</em>
Date
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2 May 1907, p.43
Rights
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Public Domain
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Journal (Microfilm)
Armour
battle-axe
conquest
dragon ship
Francis William Ophel (1871-1912)
Freya
heroism
Iceland
Norns
Odin
paganism
runes
sagas
shields
Skaldic tales
spells
swords
Thor
Valhalla
Valkyrie
vikings
violence
warriors
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Bit Depth
8
Channels
3
Height
2592
Width
1944
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Title
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Medievalism on the Streets
Description
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This Collection analyses popular medievalism in material and public culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on popular medievalist theatre, parades and public spectacles, as well as recreational, literary and political associations. It explores the ways in which medievalism was not simply derivative but also local and disctinctive. In this Collection you will find items relating to medievalism in public contexts and popular culture, and the revisitation or reenactment of the Middle Ages by groups such as the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Still Image
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Local URL
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<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://valhallaicecream.com.au">http://valhallaicecream.com.au</a></span>
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Digital Photograph;JPEG
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Title
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Valhalla Icecream
Subject
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Advertisement, helmet, Hobart, horned helmet, icecream, logo, mythology, Norse, Odin, Old Norse mythology, shield, sign, Tas, Tasmania, Valhalla, Valhalla Icecream, Valkyrie, Viking, warrior, winged helmet.
Description
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<p>Valhalla Icecream is made in the Hobart suburb of Moonah. As seen on this advertising sign, the company’s logo features the side profile of the head of a Viking warrior on a red shield. The warrior wears a helmet with wings, a notion popular in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century before Vikings with horned helmets became more popular. In Old Norse (Viking) mythology Valhalla was a giant hall where chosen warriors who had died in battle went to join the Norse god Odin. The warriors were led to Valhalla by Valkyries.</p>
<p>For their website see <a href="http://valhallaicecream.com.au">http://valhallaicecream.com.au</a></p>
Creator
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McLeod, Shane
Date
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August 26, 2012
Rights
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No copyright
Format
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Digital Photograph
advertisement
helmet
Hobart
horned helmet
icecream
logo
mythology
Norse
Odin
Old Norse mythology
shield
sign
Tas
Tasmania
Valhalla
Valhalla Icecream
Valkyrie
viking
warrior
winged helmet.