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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... Eddaic poems . It is possible that the water used in this ceremony was regarded as a symbol of the water of the Urdar - fount ; but we cannot go so far as some of the German mythologists , who suppose that the stream flowing from this ...
... Eddaic poems . It is possible that the water used in this ceremony was regarded as a symbol of the water of the Urdar - fount ; but we cannot go so far as some of the German mythologists , who suppose that the stream flowing from this ...
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... Eddaic and Skaldic poetry , " grand and sublime " are epithets quite inapplicable to the latter , by far the greater part of which is mere bombast ; tumid and obscure , " enough to be utterly worthless . - ED . 66 from all nature ...
... Eddaic and Skaldic poetry , " grand and sublime " are epithets quite inapplicable to the latter , by far the greater part of which is mere bombast ; tumid and obscure , " enough to be utterly worthless . - ED . 66 from all nature ...
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... Eddaic , Skaldic , and Saga literature , and say a few words respecting each : EDDAIC LITERATURE . There are two works which bear the title of Edda , the one in verse , the other in prose . The Poetic , or Elder Edda * , Various ...
... Eddaic , Skaldic , and Saga literature , and say a few words respecting each : EDDAIC LITERATURE . There are two works which bear the title of Edda , the one in verse , the other in prose . The Poetic , or Elder Edda * , Various ...
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... Eddaic poems from Runic manuscripts , or Runic staves ; but the most probable con- jecture seems to be that he collected them from oral tradition , though he may possibly have found some of the most important amongst them in manuscripts ...
... Eddaic poems from Runic manuscripts , or Runic staves ; but the most probable con- jecture seems to be that he collected them from oral tradition , though he may possibly have found some of the most important amongst them in manuscripts ...
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... Eddaic poems . It is a kind of Sybilline lay , supposed - though we think without any adequate grounds - to have been recited before the assembled people at the religious festival of the summer solstice , and contains the whole system ...
... Eddaic poems . It is a kind of Sybilline lay , supposed - though we think without any adequate grounds - to have been recited before the assembled people at the religious festival of the summer solstice , and contains the whole system ...
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