In this story, Morris tells his own version of “The Sunken
Mansion,” a Danish legend from
Northern Mythology
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In Morris’s story, the narrator imagines himself transformed into the thirteenth century priest, summoned to the mansion to deliver the last rites. The ghastly, sexless appearance of the servants, and the violence in the escape from the mansion, are Morris’s inventions.
The narrative structure here is unique among the tales in
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Northern Mythology