Antillia

History, Mythology, and Fantasy are all considered to hold different ideas surrounding truth. More often than not, it is harder to draw this line than one might think. Through this thesis, an argument is made surrounding the legendary island Antillia and where this mythical island falls into more categories than one. Through the carefully crafted journal writings of the Viking, Ragnar, and the wondrous diary entries of Medieval widow, Ivette, the search for this island comes to a head. What waits upon this island, however, is a cure to the very essence of these two characters and others like them– the cure to their immortality. In a pirate’s tale told through epistolary style chapters, a reader can explore this boundary between myth and fantasy while gaining insight into historical and cultural beliefs surrounding religion, societal, and gendered expectations in Eastern Europe during the 1650s.