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 стор. |
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... Ymir their author . Another race was brought forth * , which formed alliances with that of the giant Ymir : this was called the family of Bor , so named from the second of that family . who was the father of Odin . The sons of Bor slew ...
... Ymir their author . Another race was brought forth * , which formed alliances with that of the giant Ymir : this was called the family of Bor , so named from the second of that family . who was the father of Odin . The sons of Bor slew ...
Сторінка 99
... Ymir ; that sleep during which a male and female spring from his sides ; that race of the sons of the gods ; that deluge which only one man escapes , with his family , by means of a bark ; that renewal of the world which succeeds ; that ...
... Ymir ; that sleep during which a male and female spring from his sides ; that race of the sons of the gods ; that deluge which only one man escapes , with his family , by means of a bark ; that renewal of the world which succeeds ; that ...
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... Ymir , " alluding to a fable on that subject . The rainbow was called " the bridge of the gods ; " gold was " the tears of Freyja ; " poetry , " the present , or the drink of Odin . " The earth was either indifferently " the spouse Odin ...
... Ymir , " alluding to a fable on that subject . The rainbow was called " the bridge of the gods ; " gold was " the tears of Freyja ; " poetry , " the present , or the drink of Odin . " The earth was either indifferently " the spouse Odin ...
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... Ymir , but the Frost - giants call him Örgelmir . From him descend the race of the Frost - giants ( Hrimthursar ) , as it is said in the Völuspá , From Vidolf come all witches ; from Vilmeith all wizards ; from Svarthöfdi all poison ...
... Ymir , but the Frost - giants call him Örgelmir . From him descend the race of the Frost - giants ( Hrimthursar ) , as it is said in the Völuspá , From Vidolf come all witches ; from Vilmeith all wizards ; from Svarthöfdi all poison ...
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... YMIR AND FROM HIS BODY MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH . 66 7 " Was there , " asked Gangler , " any kind of equality , or any degree of good understanding between these two races ? " Far from it , " replied Har ; " for the sons of Bör slew the ...
... YMIR AND FROM HIS BODY MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH . 66 7 " Was there , " asked Gangler , " any kind of equality , or any degree of good understanding between these two races ? " Far from it , " replied Har ; " for the sons of Bör slew the ...
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Сторінка 160 - A multitude, like which the populous North Pour'd never from her frozen loins, to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South, 'and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.
Сторінка 140 - OH ! haste and leave this sacred isle, " Unholy bark, ere morning smile ; " For on thy deck, though dark it be, " A female form I see ; " And I have sworn this sainted sod " Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod.
Сторінка 193 - Byzantine court; and they preserved, till the last age of the empire, the inheritance of spotless loyalty and the use of the Danish or English tongue. With their broad and double-edged battle-axes on their shoulders, they attended the Greek emperor to the temple, the senate, and the hippodrome ; he slept and feasted under their trusty guard ; and the keys of the palace, the treasury, and the capital were held by the firm and faithful hands of the Varangians...
Сторінка 43 - Upreared of human hands. Come, and compare Columns and idol-dwellings — Goth or Greek — With Nature's realms of worship, earth and air — Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer!
Сторінка 510 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Сторінка 443 - Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell thee the truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we were all of us terror-stricken, for what thou tookest for a cat was in reality the Midgard serpent that encompasseth the earth, and he was so stretched by thee, that he was barely long enough to enclose it between his head and tail.
Сторінка 441 - ... if thou showest no greater prowess in other feats than methinks will be shown in this.
Сторінка 400 - Gangler thus began his discourse: 'Who is the first or eldest of the gods?' "'In our language,' replied Har, 'he is called Alfadir (All-Father, or the Father of All) ; but in the old Asgard he -had twelve names.
Сторінка 446 - JEsir, at their meetings, to get Balder to stand up and serve them as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swords and battle-axes, for do...
Сторінка 443 - ... have brought me so near to a great mishap, I would not have suffered thee to enter this time. Know then that I have all along deceived thee by my illusions ; first in the forest, where I tied up the wallet with iron wire so that thou couldst not untie it.