AN ENGLISH INVENTION: GRAND-TOUR, TOURISM, MOBILITY AND NORSE MYTHOLOGY

Although a great variety of papers focused on the grand tour and tourism as a legacy of Roman Empire, there is interesting evidence that contrasts this hypothesis. Certainly, the archetype of Odin who wandered through the world in view of new customs and reigns was the prerequisite for the creation of Grand Tour. There is no surprise that Grand Tour has surfaced in England. What today we argue in this short paper is tourism as we know today resulted from Norse Mythology.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Korstanje, Maximiliano E.
Published in:	Turismo y Desarrollo Local. - Grupo Eumed.net (Universidad de Málaga), ISSN 1988-5261. - 2013, 14
Publisher:	Grupo Eumed.net (Universidad de Málaga)
Subject:	Ancient History \| Norse Mythology \| Travelling God \| Odin \| Grand Tour

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