Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson 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 Hilda Ellis Davidson and Rudolf Simek propose that the names of the valkyries themselves...

Halfdan. She gives him twenty ships to help defeat his enemies. Hilda Ellis Davidson, in her commentary on the Gesta, also notes suggestions in the literature...

between this symbol description and the symbol known as the valknut. Hilda Ellis Davidson theorizes a connection between the valknut, the god Odin, and "mental...

2023. Retrieved 16 July 2019. Saxo Grammaticus (1980) [1979]. Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis (ed.). Gesta Danorum [Saxo Grammaticus: The history of the Danes:...

philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor Hilda Ellis Davidson (1914–2006), English antiquarian and academic H. D. (1886–1961), born Hilda Doolittle, American poet, novelist...

(2005). The Prose Edda. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-044755-5 Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis (1993). The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-04937-7...

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." Hilda Ellis Davidson theorizes that Wið færstice was originally a battle spell that had...

identified as representing the hammer or lightning of Thor. Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson (1965) comments on the usage of the swastika as a symbol of Thor:...

an illustrious one closer to the lord of monks [God] than you." Hilda Ellis Davidson comments that the existence of nine worlds around Yggdrasil is mentioned...

speed or as being connected in some unclear way with cult activity." Hilda Ellis Davidson says that "the eight-legged horse of Odin is the typical steed of...

Davidson, H. R. Ellis (1993). The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-041504937-5. Davidson, Hilda Ellis (1992). "Human...

English Text; II. Commentary. D. S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-502-6 Davidson, Hilda Ellis (2002 [1998]). Roles of the Northern Goddess. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-13611-3...

manufacture, include berserkers depicted biting their shields. Scholar Hilda Ellis-Davidson draws a parallel between berserkers and the mention by the Byzantine...

Odin's ravens, it flies off acquiring and bringing back knowledge". Hilda Ellis Davidson says that the notion of an eagle atop a tree and Nídhöggr coiled...

theorized that Skaði may have originally been a male deity. Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson proposes that Skaði's cult may have thrived in Hålogaland, a province...

battle" themes, and figures appearing suddenly with surprising skills. Hilda Ellis Davidson theorizes that the events in Völuspá occurring after the death of...

Svartálfaheimr, Niflheim, Múspellsheimr, and possibly Niðavellir. Hilda Ellis Davidson comments that exactly where Vanaheimr fall among the Nine Worlds...

ISBN 978-0-7614-7559-0. Pp. 1286-1287 The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe Hilda Ellis Davidson, Routledge, 2002 ISBN 0-203-40850-0, ISBN 978-0-203-40850-6. pp.67-76...

descriptions adds that Sessrúmnir is located within Fólkvangr. According to Hilda Ellis Davidson, Valhalla "is well known because it plays so large a part in images...

life. Hadingus returns to his wife, and foils a threat by pirates. Hilda Ellis Davidson, writing on Snorri's unique description of Hel in his Prose Edda...

The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus Hilda Ellis Davidson, ed. (1979–1980), Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books...

required.) Subscription or UK public library membership required. Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis, ed. (1979). Gesta Danorum [Saxo Grammaticus: The history of...

connecting Freyja with the goddess Frigg, some scholars, such as Hilda Ellis Davidson and Britt-Mari Näsström [sv], have theorized that other goddesses...

Schleswig, Germany. The figures depict a nude male and a nude female. Hilda Ellis Davidson comments that these figures may represent a "Lord and Lady" of the...

regarding Iðunn focus on her youth-maintaining apples. English scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson links apples to religious practices in Germanic paganism. She points...

ISBN 0-14-044755-5 Davidson, Hilda Ellis (1998). Roles of the Northern Goddess. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-13611-3 Davidson, Hilda Ellis (1999). "Gefjon, Goddess...

"aptly named dwelling-place [for the] archer-god, Ull." According to Hilda Ellis Davidson, while Valhalla "is well known because it plays so large a part in...

ISBN 0-387-32215-9 Ellis Davidson, H. R. 1964. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe. Penguin. ISBN 9780141941509 Davidson, Hilda Ellis & Peter Fisher. 1996...