<rs>Digital image of the illustration on page 87 of <persName ref="#Spght01"><forename>Ernest Edwin</forename> <surname>Speight</surname></persName>'s childrens book <title xml:lang="en" level="m">Children of Odin. 2.8MB This digital image is from Children of Odin. The University of Victoria 2021 Victoria, B.C., Canada

This illustration from Children of Odin is in the public domain.

 ChnOdn-1903-087-01 Early Print Review of The Children of Odin: "The book is copiously illustrated, but we cannot regard this as a merit, for the artist, whose name is not given, has evidently little acquaintance with Northern literature, and has read the letterpress very hurriedly and carelessly." Review by A.F.M in Saga-Book III of the Viking Club. (London: Private Printing of the Viking Society. 1903), 491. Accessed through http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/ on 12 January 2022. Children of Odin 1903 87 Victoria Collection of P.A. Baer The Wooing of Hilda author Ernest EdwinSpeight6 December 1871-17 September 1949 illustrator Artist Not Known paper 95 140

This illustration is from the 1903 edition of Ernest Edwin Speight's Children of Odin that was first published in 1901. The text of "The Wooing of Hilda" is a retelling of a Germanic legend concerning the never-ending battle Hjaðningavíg that is documented in Skáldskaparmál, Sörla þáttr, Ragnarsdrápa, and Gesta Danorum. The illustration depicts Hilda, the daughter of Hagen, being wooed by Horant on behalf of Hettel. The illustration is not signed but contains a monogram in the lower right-hand corner for an artist whose name is not known. 95 140 Not Known

This illustration was created by an unknown artist for the 1903 edition of Children of Odin.

This illustration is from The Children of Odin from the collection of P. A. Baer.

The digital image repository, MyNDIR, began as part of P. A. Baer's Ph.D. project An Old Norse Image Hoard: From the Analog Past to the Digital Present. The original prototype for a digital image repository and web page featured illustrations of Old Norse gods and heroes from manuscripts and early print sources. The website was launched on June 6, 2013 with one hundred and one illustrations.

In the fall of 2018, MyNDIR became part of the Endings Project in the Humanities Computing and Media Centre at the University of Victoria. The purpose of the project is to archive websites by creating a static version of a site that can be used independent of the internet.

I initially used a Roma Schema with the modules: core, tei, header, textstructure, msdescription, namesdates, certainty, figures, transcr and linking.

All proper nouns for the metadata for the illustrations are marked up with TEI P5 by using: <gi>persName</gi> for beings such as gods, giants, humans, authors, illustrators etc. and <gi>name</gi> for animals, monsters, and artifacts. The <att>xml:id</att>s for proper nouns are always mixed case abbreviations that begin with a capital. The <gi>list</gi> elements always have <att>type</att> and usually have <att>subtype</att> as well. All other TEI tags such as: <placeName/> for places, <orgName/> for archives, and <person/> were used in the manner demonstrated by the TEI P5 guidelines. I use the <att>xml:lang</att> for all of these elements. The keyword items for all proper nouns are linked to further descriptive data in a Names directory (names.xml).

Keyword items consisting of simple nouns, are marked up as <gi>term</gi> to correspond to names of artifacts, animals, and monsters, e.g. Megingjörð = belt, Sleipnir = horse, Jörmungandr = serpent. The keyword items for all simple nouns are also entered in the names.xml file. The <att>xml:id</att>s for simple nouns are not abbreviated, always begin in lower case, are always in English, and are camel back when consisting of more than one word.

The critical approach for the selection of illustrations is focused through the theoretical lens of Material Philology which considers books and their material details, such as covers and illustrations, as cultural artifacts. This selection criteria results in a repository of images that is capable of revealing aspects of book history, culture, and production that the words of the texts alone cannot provide. Consequently, iterations of illustrations with minimal differences are not only included but valued for their research potential, e.g., illustrations from the first and second editions of Kongesagaer.

Old Norse orthography was the preferred representation for all names; however the English orthography was supplied in the keywords for Þōrr for Thor. Old Norse, English and other spellings were recorded in the names.xml file.

The spelling conventions for Old Norse conform to the practice established in An Icelandic-English Dictionary Cleasby,Richard and Vigfússon,Guðbrandur Clarendon Press Oxford 1957 , i.e., the stem of the name plus its nominative marker.

 Used to supply editor, author, illustrator etc. English </item> <item> <term ref="#EdWdn"/></item> <item><title ref="#DnKrn"/></item> <item><persName ref="#HgN-01"/></item> <item><persName ref="#HdnN-01"/></item> <item><title ref="#HjdNaVig01"/> </item> <item><persName ref="#HldR-01"/></item> <item><persName ref="#HRnT-01"/></item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <list> <item> <date when="2020-10-16">2020-10-16</date>: the page containing this illustration was scanned with an Epsom scanner at 600 dpi in the Humanities Computing and Media Centre by <persName ref="#CDML01">Camille</persName></item> <item> <date when="2020-10-27">2020-10-27</date>: <persName ref="#CDML01">Camille</persName> cropped the image and saved it as:ChnOdn-1901-087-01.jpg</item> </list> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <facsimile> <graphic url="images/EdWdn-ChnOdn-1903-087-01.jpg" mimeType="image/jpeg" width="2265px" height="3270px"/> </facsimile> <text> <body> <div> <figure> <figDesc> We are no longer using FigDesc. The description is in the TEI Header in decoDesc.</figDesc> </figure> </div> </body> <back> <div type="bibliography"> <listBibl> <head>Editions</head> <bibl xml:id="ChnOdn-1903-ed"> <author><name><surname>Speight</surname>, <forename>E E</forename></name></author>. <title level="m">Children of Odin. London: H. Marshall , 1903. Secondary Sources M., A. F.. "Review of The Children of Odin by E. E. Speight" in Saga-Book III of the Viking Club London: Private Printing of the Viking Society, 1903.
The MyNDIR Team Laliberte, Camille Research Assistant Artist Not KnownArtist Not Known Artist not known for this illustration in Children of Odin.Historical Persons, i.e. from Heimskringla, Saxo, sagas etc. Heðinn Hetel Hettel King Heðinn abducted Hildr, who was the daughter of King Hǫgni. Hildr Hilde Hild Hilda Hildr, the daughter of Hǫgni, was abducted by Heðinn. Hǫgni pursued them and caught up with them. However, Hildr wanted to stay with Heðinn and a battle ensued that is known as the eternal battle Hjaðningavíg. Hildr resurrected the slain every night with the intention that the battle would not end until Ragnarök. Hǫgni Hagen King Hǫgni was the father of Hildr and became embroiled in a never-ending battle when he tried to rescue her after she was kidnapped. Horant The minstrel who wooed Hildr on behalf of King Hettel in the the Middle High German epic poem Kudrun. Horant lured Hildr and her ladies down to the harbour where they were abducted by King Hettel's men. Mythological Events Hjaðningavíg The legend of Heðinn and Hǫgni The Saga of Hild In Skáldskaparmál and Ragnarsdrápa,the eternal battle Hjaðningavíg was set in motion by a pagan curse that ended at Ragnarök. However, according to the version in Sörla þáttr, the battle ended due to the coming of Christianity. The details of Hjaðningavíg are also documented in Gesta Danorum, Skíðaríma and Háttalykill inn forni. NounsEdwardianThe Edwardian era began with the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910 (January 22, 1901 - July 28, 1914). However, the era's end date is sometimes extended to the beginning of World War 1 (28 July 1914).Source Materials: <ref target="ChnOdn-1903.xml">Children of Odin</ref> Children's book by Ernest Edwin Speight published in 1901. The illustrations in MyNDIR are from the second edition that was published in 1903. Disambiguation: This book should not be confused with The Children of Odin by Padriac Colum published in 1920 that was illustrated by Willy Pogany. <ref target="DnKrn.xml">Danmarks Kronike</ref> Gesta Danorum This edition of Saxo's Gesta Danorum was translated and published by Fr. Winkel Horn and illustrated by Louis Moe. Moe recycled some of his illustrations from Winkel Horn's edition of Noreges konge-sagaer. <ref target="RgnrDrp.xml">Ragnarsdrápa</ref> Ragnar's Poem A skaldic poem that relates legendary and mythical events, i.e., Hamdir and Sorli's attack against King Jörmunrekkr; the never-ending battle known as Hjaðningavíg; Þórr's fishing trip to catch Miðgarðsormr; and Gefjon ploughing up a piece of Sweden and dragging it off to create the Danish island of Zealand. <ref target="SkdSkpMl.xml">Skáldskaparmál</ref> Skaldskaparmal The section of the Poetic Edda that discusses Norse mythology and poetical terms such as kennings and heiti. <ref target="SrlTl01.xml">Sörla þáttr</ref> Heðins saga ok HögnaSörla þáttr is a short post-pagan tale that was commited to velum in 14 century Iceland. It is a continuation of Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mestaextant in the Flateyjarbók manuscript, and is also known as Heðins saga ok HögnaSource Persons Speight, Ernest Edwin 6 December 1871 17 September 1949 English Author, Professor of English Yorkshire, England Ernest Edwin Speight, better known as E. E. Speight, was an English professor who worked in India and Japan. He authored Children of Odin, as well as numerous English textbooks. He was awarded the Fifth Class of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan for his services as a teacher.