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 12
... offered human victims ; have had 3 , open temples before they got covered ones ; and , previous to their erecting magnificent domes for their religious rites , have either set up circles of rude stones , or retired under the natural ...
... offered human victims ; have had 3 , open temples before they got covered ones ; and , previous to their erecting magnificent domes for their religious rites , have either set up circles of rude stones , or retired under the natural ...
Side 14
... offering to their Gods * . The Gothic nations , though like all other pagans they occa sionally defiled their altars with human blood , appear never to have had any custom like this . The Druids venerated the oak and the mistletoe ...
... offering to their Gods * . The Gothic nations , though like all other pagans they occa sionally defiled their altars with human blood , appear never to have had any custom like this . The Druids venerated the oak and the mistletoe ...
Side 33
... offer the greatest resemblance are the Hindo- stanic , Iranic , Hellenic , Romanic , and Teutonic . Returning to the ... offering certain physiological and psychological traits that distinguish it from all others . Thus , among the ...
... offer the greatest resemblance are the Hindo- stanic , Iranic , Hellenic , Romanic , and Teutonic . Returning to the ... offering certain physiological and psychological traits that distinguish it from all others . Thus , among the ...
Side 42
... offer physiological traits that would indi- cate a mixture of the Caucasian and Arctic - not to say Mongol - varieties ; the Caucasian , however , generally predominating . * The Himalaya , or Heavenly mountains , the Sanskrit , himala ...
... offer physiological traits that would indi- cate a mixture of the Caucasian and Arctic - not to say Mongol - varieties ; the Caucasian , however , generally predominating . * The Himalaya , or Heavenly mountains , the Sanskrit , himala ...
Side 62
... offer them their services , upon condition they would give them lands to cultivate . The Senate , too prudent to enter into any kind of accommodation with such dangerous enemies , and al- ready divided among themselves about the ...
... offer them their services , upon condition they would give them lands to cultivate . The Senate , too prudent to enter into any kind of accommodation with such dangerous enemies , and al- ready divided among themselves about the ...
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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