Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson is a British antiquarian and academic, writing in particular on Norse mythology. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (Penguin Books, 1964) is considered one of the most thorough and reputable sources on Icelandic, Norse and Germanic mythology. Davidson uses literary, historical and archaeological evidence to discuss the stories and customs of northern Europe. An antiquarian or antiquary is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ... Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ... Penguin Books is a British publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. ... // The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. ...

Life

• 1914: born Bebington, Cheshire (now in Merseyside)
• education
  • Park High School for Girls, Birkenhead
  • Newnham College, Cambridge: Firsts in English and Archeology
• 1940: Ph.D.: pagan beliefs of Scandinavia under Professor and Mrs Chadwick
• 1939-1944: Assistant Lecturer in English at the Royal Holloway College
• part-time lecturer in English at Birkbeck College
• Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
• member of the Council of the Folklore Society
• held a Caloutse Gulbenkian Research Fellowship at the Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge

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Publications

• The Road to Hel (1943)
• The Golden Age of Northumbria (1958)
• The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England (1962)
• Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (1964)
• The Viking Road to Byzantium (1976)