Eschatology and Manticism in Old Norse Literature (1940)
Academic advisors
Hector Munro Chadwick
Nora K. Chadwick
Academic work
Discipline
Folklore studies
Institutions
The Folklore Society
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Notable students
Jacqueline Simpson
Main interests
Ancient Celtic religion
Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon religion and Old English literature
British folklore
Germanic paganism, mythology, folklore and culture
Old Norse religion, mythology and literature
Scandinavian folklore
Viking Age
Notable works
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (1964)
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe (1988)
Hilda Roderick Ellis DavidsonFSA (born Hilda Roderick Ellis; 1 October 1914 – 12 January 2006) was an English folklorist. She was a scholar at the University of Cambridge and The Folklore Society, and specialized in the study of Celtic and Germanic religion and folklore.
A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Davidson was a Fellow at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, throughout much of her career. She specialized in the interdisciplinary study of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse religion and folklore, on which she was the author of numerous influential works. Davidson was a prominent member of The Folklore Society, and played an active role in the growth of folklore studies as a scientific discipline. Throughout her career, Davidson tutored a significant number of aspiring scholars in her fields of study, and was particularly interested in encouraging gifted women to pursue scholarly careers.
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Hilda Roderick EllisDavidson FSA (born Hilda Roderick Ellis; 1 October 1914 – 12 January 2006) was an English folklorist. She was a scholar at the University...
spear—a weapon heavily associated with the god Odin. Scholars such as HildaEllisDavidson and Rudolf Simek propose that the names of the valkyries themselves...
between this symbol description and the symbol known as the valknut. HildaEllisDavidson theorizes a connection between the valknut, the god Odin, and "mental...
Halfdan. She gives him twenty ships to help defeat his enemies. HildaEllisDavidson, in her commentary on the Gesta, also notes suggestions in the literature...
philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor HildaEllisDavidson (1914–2006), English antiquarian and academic H. D. (1886–1961), born Hilda Doolittle, American poet, novelist...
detail to the mythological picture of the world-ash in Grímnismál". HildaEllisDavidson, describing the world tree, states the squirrel is said to gnaw at...
regards most of the stories about him to be fiction. According to HildaEllisDavidson, writing in 1979, Certain scholars in recent years have come to accept...
Davidson, H. R. Ellis (1993). The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-041504937-5. Davidson, HildaEllis (1992). "Human...
Classics. ISBN 0-14-044755-5. Davidson, H. R. Ellis (1969). Scandinavian Mythology. Paul Hamlyn. Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis (1988). Myths and Symbols...
England as women being analogous to the later Norse valkyrjur." HildaEllisDavidson theorizes that Wið færstice was originally a battle spell that had...
identified as representing the hammer or lightning of Thor. Scholar HildaEllisDavidson (1965) comments on the usage of the swastika as a symbol of Thor:...
speed or as being connected in some unclear way with cult activity." HildaEllisDavidson says that "the eight-legged horse of Odin is the typical steed of...
an illustrious one closer to the lord of monks [God] than you." HildaEllisDavidson comments that the existence of nine worlds around Yggdrasil is mentioned...
ISBN 978-0-7614-7559-0. Pp. 1286-1287 The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe HildaEllisDavidson, Routledge, 2002 ISBN 0-203-40850-0, ISBN 978-0-203-40850-6. pp.67-76...
manufacture, include berserkers depicted biting their shields. Scholar HildaEllis-Davidson draws a parallel between berserkers and the mention by the Byzantine...
Svartálfaheimr, Niflheim, Múspellsheimr, and possibly Niðavellir. HildaEllisDavidson comments that exactly where Vanaheimr fall among the Nine Worlds...
and opinion regarding his supposed father is divided. According to HildaEllisDavidson, writing in 1979, "certain scholars in recent years have come to...
connecting Freyja with the goddess Frigg, some scholars, such as HildaEllisDavidson and Britt-Mari Näsström [sv], have theorized that other goddesses...
The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus HildaEllisDavidson, ed. (1979–1980), Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books...
have interpreted this symbol as referring to Odin. For example, HildaEllisDavidson theorises a connection between the valknut, the god Odin and "mental...
Schleswig, Germany. The figures depict a nude male and a nude female. HildaEllisDavidson comments that these figures may represent a "Lord and Lady" of the...
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