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 36
... remained for the higher science of ethnology to ascer- tain whether the races of the one coincide with the families of the other . In the two races and families we have espe- cially in view , this is strictly the case . All nations that ...
... remained for the higher science of ethnology to ascer- tain whether the races of the one coincide with the families of the other . In the two races and families we have espe- cially in view , this is strictly the case . All nations that ...
Side 37
... remained tolerably distinct ; but it is obvious that centuries of war and conquests have frequently blended into one nation tribes of different races , though the effects which such a fusion produces are , generally speaking , not so ...
... remained tolerably distinct ; but it is obvious that centuries of war and conquests have frequently blended into one nation tribes of different races , though the effects which such a fusion produces are , generally speaking , not so ...
Side 67
... remained in their own country , and a small We are told that the Cimbri were on the point of gaining the victory , when the sun , breaking through the clouds , blinded them . If this story be true , the fate of the world hung upon a ...
... remained in their own country , and a small We are told that the Cimbri were on the point of gaining the victory , when the sun , breaking through the clouds , blinded them . If this story be true , the fate of the world hung upon a ...
Side 98
... remained within it a light and immove- able air , and thence exhaled icy vapours . Then a warm breath coming from the south , melted those vapours , and formed of them living drops , whence was born the giant Ymir . It is reported that ...
... remained within it a light and immove- able air , and thence exhaled icy vapours . Then a warm breath coming from the south , melted those vapours , and formed of them living drops , whence was born the giant Ymir . It is reported that ...
Side 121
... remained in the memory of sensible persons , and in the soundest part of the nation . Indeed we see appear at intervals in ancient Scandinavia , some men of this stamp endued with a real strength of mind , who not only trampled under ...
... remained in the memory of sensible persons , and in the soundest part of the nation . Indeed we see appear at intervals in ancient Scandinavia , some men of this stamp endued with a real strength of mind , who not only trampled under ...
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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