Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient ScandinaviansH. G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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Side 56
... fire at the very mention of subjection and con- straint , and a ferocious courage , nourished by a savage and vagabond life . While the gentleness of the climate softened imperceptibly the ferocity of those who settled in the south ...
... fire at the very mention of subjection and con- straint , and a ferocious courage , nourished by a savage and vagabond life . While the gentleness of the climate softened imperceptibly the ferocity of those who settled in the south ...
Side 89
... fire , the air , the sun , moon , and stars had each their respective divinity . The trees , forests , rivers , mountains , rocks , winds , thunder and tempests had the same ; and merited on that score a religious worship , which , at ...
... fire , the air , the sun , moon , and stars had each their respective divinity . The trees , forests , rivers , mountains , rocks , winds , thunder and tempests had the same ; and merited on that score a religious worship , which , at ...
Side 98
... fires certain spaces which they were to run through , some of them in heaven , others under the heaven : the days were distinguished , and the years were numbered . They made the earth round , and surrounded it with the deep ocean ...
... fires certain spaces which they were to run through , some of them in heaven , others under the heaven : the days were distinguished , and the years were numbered . They made the earth round , and surrounded it with the deep ocean ...
Side 102
... fire shall flash out from his eyes and nostrils ; he shall devour the sun ; and the great serpent who follows him shall vomit forth upon the waters , and into the air , great torrents of venom . In this confusion the stars shall fly ...
... fire shall flash out from his eyes and nostrils ; he shall devour the sun ; and the great serpent who follows him shall vomit forth upon the waters , and into the air , great torrents of venom . In this confusion the stars shall fly ...
Side 103
... fire consumes every- thing , and the flame reaches up to heaven . But presently after a new earth springs forth from the bosom of the waves , adorned with green meadows ; the fields there bring forth without culture , calamities are ...
... fire consumes every- thing , and the flame reaches up to heaven . But presently after a new earth springs forth from the bosom of the waves , adorned with green meadows ; the fields there bring forth without culture , calamities are ...
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abode Æsir afterwards ages Al-thing appear arms Arnkill Asgard Baldur Bersi Bolli Cæsar called celebrated Celtic Celts century character Christianity Cimbri coast Danish death deity Denmark derived divine doctrines earth Eddaic poems Eirek etym fact father Finn Magnusen Freyja Frigga Gangler Gauls German giant give gods Grágás Grimm Gudruna Harald heaven hence honour Hvergelmir Iceland inhabitants island Jarl Jomsburg Jötunheim king Kjartan Kormak land language laws Loki mallet manner Midgard Muspellheim mythology Njörd northern Northmen Norway Norwegian observed Odin Olaf Old Norse origin possession prob probably Prose Edda race Ragnarök regarded religion remarks rendered respect Romans Runic Saga Saxons sea-rovers serpent Skald Snorro sons Steingerda stones strophe Surtur sword Tacitus Teutonic nations thee thing Thor Thorkell Thorolf thou tion tribes Utgard-Loki Valhalla verse vessel Völuspá warriors wife word worship writers Yggdrasill Ymir