Northern Antiquities, Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient Scandinavians (Danes, Swedes, Norwegians and Icelanders): With Incidental Notices Respecting Our Saxon AncestorsHenry G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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Side 42
... heaven - aspiring peaks of Central Asia that we first discern , illumined by those primeval myths , which , like the dazzling coruscations of a polar winter , play fantastically amidst the night of ages , ere history's dawn has yet ...
... heaven - aspiring peaks of Central Asia that we first discern , illumined by those primeval myths , which , like the dazzling coruscations of a polar winter , play fantastically amidst the night of ages , ere history's dawn has yet ...
Side 92
... heaven , the air , and man , who is to live for ever ; and before the heaven and the earth existed , this god lived already with the giants . " The principal strokes of this picture are found many times re- peated in the same work ...
... heaven , the air , and man , who is to live for ever ; and before the heaven and the earth existed , this god lived already with the giants . " The principal strokes of this picture are found many times re- peated in the same work ...
Side 95
... heaven and earth ; this bridge is the rainbow . Heimdall was employed to watch at one of the extremities of this bridge , for fear the giants should make use of it to get into heaven . It was a difficult matter to surprise him ; for the ...
... heaven and earth ; this bridge is the rainbow . Heimdall was employed to watch at one of the extremities of this bridge , for fear the giants should make use of it to get into heaven . It was a difficult matter to surprise him ; for the ...
Side 96
... heaven , it is supported by three vast roots , one of which extends to the ninth world . An eagle , whose piercing eye discovers all things , perches upon its branches . A squirrel is continually running up and down it to bring news ...
... heaven , it is supported by three vast roots , one of which extends to the ninth world . An eagle , whose piercing eye discovers all things , perches upon its branches . A squirrel is continually running up and down it to bring news ...
Side 97
... heaven and earth is expressly attributed to him . What the Icelandic mythology has preserved to us on this head , merits so much the more attention , as it discovers to us the sentiments that prevailed at a very early period on this ...
... heaven and earth is expressly attributed to him . What the Icelandic mythology has preserved to us on this head , merits so much the more attention , as it discovers to us the sentiments that prevailed at a very early period on this ...
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abode Æsir afterwards ages Al-thing ancient Scandinavians Anglo-Saxon appear arms Arnkill Asgard Baldur Bersi Bolli Cæsar called Celtic Celts century Christianity Cimbri coast Danish death deities Denmark derived divine doctrines earth Eddaic Poems Eirek etym fact father Finn Magnusen Freyja Frigga Gangler Gauls German giant gods Grágás Grimm Gudruna Harald heaven hence holmgang honour Hvergelmir Iceland inhabitants island Jarl Jomsburg Jötunheim king Kjartan Kormak land language laws Loki mallet manner Muspellheim mythology Njörd northern Northmen Norway Norwegian observed Odin Olaf Old Norse origin possession present prob probably Prose Edda race Ragnarök regarded religion remarks rendered replied respect Romans Runic Sagas Saxons sea-rovers serpent Skald Snorro Steingerda stones strophe Surtur sword Tacitus Teutonic nations thee thing Thor Thorarin Thorolf thou tion tribes Utgard-Loki Valhalla verse vessel Völuspá warriors wife word writers Yggdrasill Ymir