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Dissemination

Dissemination

MyNDIR documents the transmission and reception of Old Norse mythology and history by providing digital images of illustrations from manuscripts and early print sources. The site acts as a resource and research tool for scholars and members of the public with an interest in Old Norse culture. MyNDIR's images generate further transmission and reception as is evident in the items listed below such as exhibitions, conference presentations, posters, and creative responses.

Cell Phone Interface

Patrick Szpak, web designer at Humanities Computing and Media Centre, created MyNDIR's cell phone interface in 2021.

Digitized Resouces in Vault: Norse Mythology Collection

Welcome to Vault, the digital asset management system used by UVic Libraries to store and provide access to digitized materials both from the rare and unique holdings in Special Collections and University Archives and from UVic Libraries’ project partners.

Exhibition 2024: The Vanquished Viking Gods: Lost, Found, and Assimilated

January 22nd - February 5th, 2024 - Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library
Co-sponsored by the Department of Medieval Studies
Curated by Dr. Trish Baer and Michael Lines MLS
Discover the beginning of the downward journey of the Viking gods from deities in Valhalla—to heroes in storybooks for Victorian children—to pedagogical figures in homeschooling lesson plans.
This exhibition concerns the 19th - 20th century retellings of Old Norse mythology and is focused on The Heroes of Asgard and the Giants of Jötunheim, Or, The Week and Its Story by Annie and Eliza Keary that was first published in 1857. The Heroes of Asgard has been published in three editions, i.e., 1857, 1870 and 1930, with changes in its title and different illustrators for three of the editions.

Exhibition 2020: Visualizing the Vikings and Their Gods

January 17th - February 1st, 2020 Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library
Co-sponsored by the Department of Medieval Studies
Curated by Dr. Trish Baer and Michael Lines MLS

Flickr Albums

Link to MyNDIR's Albums on Flickr:
  • Exhibition 2024: The Vanquished Viking Gods: Lost, Found, and Assimilated
  • Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning (1929)- illustrated by Louis Moe
  • Ældre Edda Gudesange (Poetic Edda) - illustrated by Lorenz Frølich
  • Kongesagaer 1899 and 1900 eds.) - illustrated by Erik Werenskiold, Gerhard Munthe, Halfdan Egedius, Christian Krohg, Eilif Peterssen and Wilhelm Wetlesen
  • The Heroes of Asgard (1857) - illustrated by Charles Altamont Doyle
  • The Heroes of Asgard (1908) - illustrated by Louis Huard
  • The Heroes Of Asgard (1930) - illustrated by Charles E. Brock
  • Children of Odin (1903) - illustrated by an unacknowleged artist, as well as Frederic Lawrence and W.G. Collingwood
  • Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology (1901)- illustrated by an unacknowleged artist
  • Wonderful Stories from Northern Lands (1871) - illustrated by W. J. Weigand
  • Heroes of the Norselands: Their stories retold by Katharine F. Boult. (1903) - illustrated by T. H. Robinson
  • In the Days of Giants (1930) - illustrated by Elmer Boyd Smith
  • Norse Stories, Retold from the Eddas (1901)- illustrated by George Hand Wright
  • MyNDIR: Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Illustrations - illustrated by various artists
  • The Elder or Poetic Edda: Commonly Known as Sæmund's Edda (1908)- illustrated by W. G. Collingwood

Interviews

Posters and Presentations

Resources for Learning and Teaching

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