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 12
... soon got covered temples , and also idols of human shape , as had indeed the Celtic nations also in the time of Cæsar ; for so Dr. Borlace himself ( p . 107 ) interprets that passage of his concerning the Gauls ( lib . 6 ) : Deum maximé ...
... soon got covered temples , and also idols of human shape , as had indeed the Celtic nations also in the time of Cæsar ; for so Dr. Borlace himself ( p . 107 ) interprets that passage of his concerning the Gauls ( lib . 6 ) : Deum maximé ...
Side 27
... soon become puzzled what to do with them . If a person saw before him a German , a Chinese , a Malay , an American Indian , and a Negro , he would not hesitate a moment to recoguise five distinct varieties of the human species . But ...
... soon become puzzled what to do with them . If a person saw before him a German , a Chinese , a Malay , an American Indian , and a Negro , he would not hesitate a moment to recoguise five distinct varieties of the human species . But ...
Side 38
... soon becomes the common tongue of the conquerors and the conquered . It was thus that the Celtic language of the ancient Gauls was replaced by the Latin , whereas the Franks and the other Germanic tribes soon lost their Teutonic idioms ...
... soon becomes the common tongue of the conquerors and the conquered . It was thus that the Celtic language of the ancient Gauls was replaced by the Latin , whereas the Franks and the other Germanic tribes soon lost their Teutonic idioms ...
Side 55
... soon effaced , the indif- ference that has been shown to them would have been suffi- ciently justified by the barbarism they have been reproached with . But , during those general inundations , the face of Europe underwent so total a ...
... soon effaced , the indif- ference that has been shown to them would have been suffi- ciently justified by the barbarism they have been reproached with . But , during those general inundations , the face of Europe underwent so total a ...
Side 56
... soon after , we see the same people , like a tree full of vigour , extending long branches over all Europe ; we see them also carrying with them , wherever they came , from the borders of the Black Sea to the extremities of Spain , of ...
... soon after , we see the same people , like a tree full of vigour , extending long branches over all Europe ; we see them also carrying with them , wherever they came , from the borders of the Black Sea to the extremities of Spain , of ...
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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