This illustration from Norse Stories:
Retold from the Eddas from the collection of P.A.
Baer.
Rights:
This illustration from Norse Stories: Retold
from the Eddas is in the public domain.
Research notes, early print reviews, etc.:
Early print review: "Norse Stories has for years past been considered
the best collection of Norse myths for school use. The events in the life of the
gods are all told, but one misses the glorious fierce movement, the simple
dramatic action of these human gods" (Thorne-Thomsen 330).Full text of the review.
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Mabie, Hamilton
Wright. Norse Stories, Retold from the Eddas.
London: Grant Richards,
1902.
Secondary Sources
Thorne-Thomsen,
Gudrun
. Review of Norse Stories Retold from the
Eddas, by Hamilton
Wright
Mabie. The Elementary
School Teacher, vol. 3, no. 5, 1
Jan. 1903: 330. Web. August 2,
2021.
Ymir (non.)
Aurgelmir (non.)
Ymir was the primeval being who was suckled by the cow Auðhumla. He
was the ancestor of the race of giants. He was killed by the sons of
Bor, Óðinn, Vili, and Vé, and they created the earth out of his
dismembered corpse.
Gods and Goddesses
Vili (non.)
One of the three sons of the giant Borr and his wife Bestla. Together
with his brothers, Óðinn and Vé, he killed the giant Ymir and created
the earth from Ymir's dismembered body.
Vé (non.)
One of the three sons of the giant Borr and his wife Bestla. Together
with his brothers, Óðinn and Vali, he killed the giant Ymir and created
the earth from Ymir's dismembered body.
Óðinn (non.)
Odin (en.)
The chief god of the Æsir in The Prose Edda.
However, in Heimskringla he was a mortal who
tricks the King of Sweden into believing that he was a god.
Myths
Creation Myth
A series of myths concerning the creation of the world, the origins of
the gods, and the creation of humans.
Death of Ymir
MythYmir was the primeval being who was killed by the sons
of Bor, Óðinn, Vili and Vé, who created the cosmos out of his
dismembered corpse.
Sons of Borr
The three sons of the giant Borr were Óðinn, Vili and Vé. They slew
the primordial giant Ymir and created Midgardr from his body.
Nouns
Edwardian (en.)The
Edwardian era began with the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910
(January 22, 1901 - 28 July, 1914). However, the era's end date is
sometimes extended to the beginning of World War 1 (28 July
1914).
Victorian (en.)The
Victorian era began with the reign of Queen Victoria and ended with her
death (June 20, 1837 – January 22, 1901).
Mabie, Hamilton
Wright (en.)
b. 13th December 1846
d. 31st December 1916
Nationality: American
Occupation: author
Mabie was an author, essayist, critic, editor and lecturer.
Wright, George
Hand (en.)
b. 6th August 1872
d. 14th March 1951
Nationality: American
Occupation: illustrator, printmaker and painter
