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 77
... poems , through a suc- cession of eight or nine centuries ? Or can one expect to find in such compositions much clearness and precision ? Did the poets of those rude ages observe that exactness and methodi- cal order , which history ...
... poems , through a suc- cession of eight or nine centuries ? Or can one expect to find in such compositions much clearness and precision ? Did the poets of those rude ages observe that exactness and methodi- cal order , which history ...
Side 79
... poems of all the northern nations , by their chronicles , by institutions and customs , some of which subsist to this day , in- forms us , that an extraordinary person named Odin , formerly reigned in the north : that he made great ...
... poems of all the northern nations , by their chronicles , by institutions and customs , some of which subsist to this day , in- forms us , that an extraordinary person named Odin , formerly reigned in the north : that he made great ...
Side 97
... poem named Völuspá , the other doctrines of their religion . We have seen that among the qualities of which they sup- posed Odin or the Supreme God to be possessed , that of the creator of heaven and earth is expressly attributed to him ...
... poem named Völuspá , the other doctrines of their religion . We have seen that among the qualities of which they sup- posed Odin or the Supreme God to be possessed , that of the creator of heaven and earth is expressly attributed to him ...
Side 104
... poem of greater antiquity , and in which nothing can be discovered that has an air of interpola- tion , or forgery . ever . One remark , however , ought not to be omitted , which is , that this mythology expressly distinguishes two ...
... poem of greater antiquity , and in which nothing can be discovered that has an air of interpola- tion , or forgery . ever . One remark , however , ought not to be omitted , which is , that this mythology expressly distinguishes two ...
Side 151
... poems concerning this superstitious principle [ of preferring a violent death , & c . ] , but will add a testimony of it , which was given me at Nimeguen , by count Oxenstern , the first of the Swedish ambassadors in that assembly . In ...
... poems concerning this superstitious principle [ of preferring a violent death , & c . ] , but will add a testimony of it , which was given me at Nimeguen , by count Oxenstern , the first of the Swedish ambassadors in that assembly . In ...
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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