Crown Jewels? Hardly.
Royal regalia (like, e.g. the Stone of Scone)? Far more likely.
Royal regalia (like, e.g. the Stone of Scone)? Far more likely.
Not necessarily. In Sweden the Norse heritage was celebrated well into the 19th century. It was reasoned that the gods Odin, Thor, etc. were actually merely mortal human kings that had, on account of their glorious rules, been mythologized and worshiped as gods by their ignorant ancestors who plainly didn't know better because Rome had no missions to Scandinavia at the time. But they were still historical characters, and they had still accomplished great feats, and were therefore to be celebrated.
It was first at the end of the 19th century that Swedish scholars started going "you know, I think Odin, Thor and all these guys may be no more historical than King Arthur".
I think it's more likely that events will happen in the opposite order of what people claim here. First an old hammer gets incorporated into the coronation ceremony, and then later folklore starts to claim it's Mjolnir.
This is what happened with the fanciful stories about the swords used in coronation. The stories could easily pop up as even in as late as the late 1800s during that era of romanticizing folklore. It could even show up more recently, considering how there are OTL stories about Hitler owning the Spear of Destiny.
What was its title? Holy shit, the Hapsburg v. Hohenzollern battle would be epic... this opens up so many possibilities.
Maybe Thor was the name of one of the invaders and this was his warhammer. No need to bring religion into it.
It's called Royals: Masters of War. Apart from royals having powers history pretty much happened as recorded; still an Ameircan Revolution, still a French Revolution, and it isn't until World War II that things change
Inevitable Kate Beaton link."I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a king and the backache of a God, my that bloody hammer is heavy..." Queen Elizabeth of England addressing the troops, the impromptu version was subsequently dressed up a bit for public consumption.![]()
There is an Emperor Temmu. As in Temmu Jin, the semi-mythical founder of the Japanese Imperial line. And George VI reign name is Albert, not George like his father. And Prince's Henry and Arthur? Really strange!
A very different Avengers. Who would play Queen Elizabeth (as Thor) in the movies? Helen Mirran again?![]()