Aurora elders from watching or interpreting the messages of ancestors they believed were transmitted through an aurora. "[[Bulfinch's Mythology]]" relates that in [[Norse mythology]], the armour of the [[Valkyrie|Valkyrior]] "sheds a strange flickering light, which flashes up over the northern skies, making what Men call the 'aurora borealis', or 'Northern Lights' ". There appears to be no evidence in [[Old Norse literature]] to substantiate this assertion. The first Old Norse account of "norðrljós" is found in the Norwegian chronicle "[[Konungs Skuggsjá]]" from AD 1230. The chronicler has heard about this phenomenon from compatriots returning from [[Greenland]], and he gives three possible
Aurora Borealis (painting) end of the American Civil War, "Aurora Borealis" (1865) was believed to depict the portent of a simultaneously triumphant and desolate Union victory, its meaning amplified in relation to later works, including "The After Glow" (1867) and other works. "Aurora Borealis" (1865) was associated with "Rainy Season in the Tropics" (1866) for two reasons. First, the two paintings marked the completion of the arctic-tropical sequence created with "The Heart of the Andes" (1859) and "The North", also known as "The Icebergs" (1861). These pairings drew together popular attention on exploration of the arctic North and the tropical South. The second