Paper by Thomas Crofton Croker
Reference code
SAL/01/02/41/12
Title
Paper by Thomas Crofton Croker
Date
March 1849
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Croker presents a paper on mermaids, proposing a link between the Viking invasions and the mythology surrounding mermaids using combs, linking the ideas in response to a number of Scandinavian burials and grave goods discovered in Orkney and areas of Ireland.
Mentioned in the minutes for 1 March 1849: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.040.010
Mentioned in the minutes for 1 March 1849: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.040.010
Creator
Croker, Thomas Crofton (1798-1854), antiquary