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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... MYTHOLOGY . By the Editor NOTES TO THE PROSE EDDA . By M. Mallet and Bishop Percy . ABSTRACT OF THE EYRBYGGJA - SAGA . By Sir Walter Scott GLOSSARY TO THE PROSE EDDA . By the Editor INDEX 464 508 517 541 • . 571 BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE ...
... MYTHOLOGY . By the Editor NOTES TO THE PROSE EDDA . By M. Mallet and Bishop Percy . ABSTRACT OF THE EYRBYGGJA - SAGA . By Sir Walter Scott GLOSSARY TO THE PROSE EDDA . By the Editor INDEX 464 508 517 541 • . 571 BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE ...
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... mythology , if any tree seems to have been re- garded with more particular attention than others , it is the ash : and as for the mistletoe , it is represented in the Edda rather as a contemptible and mischievous shrub . But what ...
... mythology , if any tree seems to have been re- garded with more particular attention than others , it is the ash : and as for the mistletoe , it is represented in the Edda rather as a contemptible and mischievous shrub . But what ...
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... mythology held forth in the Edda . It is indeed very probable that only the mere first rudiments of the Teu- tonic religion had begun to be formed , when the Germans were first known to the Romans . And even when the Saxons made their ...
... mythology held forth in the Edda . It is indeed very probable that only the mere first rudiments of the Teu- tonic religion had begun to be formed , when the Germans were first known to the Romans . And even when the Saxons made their ...
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... mythology ; through which we can hardly discover any traces of the ancient doc- trines . And yet we do discover them , and can make it appear , that those first doctrines , which the southern nations so much disguised , were the very ...
... mythology ; through which we can hardly discover any traces of the ancient doc- trines . And yet we do discover them , and can make it appear , that those first doctrines , which the southern nations so much disguised , were the very ...
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... mythology calls him " the author of every thing that existeth ; the eternal , the ancient , the living and awful Being , the searcher into concealed things , the Being that never changeth . " This religion attributed to the Supreme ...
... mythology calls him " the author of every thing that existeth ; the eternal , the ancient , the living and awful Being , the searcher into concealed things , the Being that never changeth . " This religion attributed to the Supreme ...
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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