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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... poems , through a suc- cession of eight or nine centuries ? Or can one expect to find in such compositions much clearness and precision ? Did the poets of those rude ages observe that exactness and methodi- cal order , which history ...
... poems , through a suc- cession of eight or nine centuries ? Or can one expect to find in such compositions much clearness and precision ? Did the poets of those rude ages observe that exactness and methodi- cal order , which history ...
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... poems of all the northern nations , by their chronicles , by institutions and customs , some of which subsist to this day , in- forms us , that an extraordinary person named Odin , formerly reigned in the north : that he made great ...
... poems of all the northern nations , by their chronicles , by institutions and customs , some of which subsist to this day , in- forms us , that an extraordinary person named Odin , formerly reigned in the north : that he made great ...
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... poem named Völuspá , the other doctrines of their religion . We have seen that among the qualities of which they sup- posed Odin or the Supreme God to be possessed , that of the creator of heaven and earth is expressly attributed to him ...
... poem named Völuspá , the other doctrines of their religion . We have seen that among the qualities of which they sup- posed Odin or the Supreme God to be possessed , that of the creator of heaven and earth is expressly attributed to him ...
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... poem of greater antiquity , and in which nothing can be discovered that has an air of interpola- tion , or forgery . One remark , however , ought not to be omitted , which is , that this mythology expressly distinguishes two different ...
... poem of greater antiquity , and in which nothing can be discovered that has an air of interpola- tion , or forgery . One remark , however , ought not to be omitted , which is , that this mythology expressly distinguishes two different ...
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... poems concerning this superstitious principle [ of preferring a violent death , & c . ] , but will add a testimony of it , which was given me at Nimeguen , by count Oxenstern , the first of the Swedish ambassadors in that assembly . In ...
... poems concerning this superstitious principle [ of preferring a violent death , & c . ] , but will add a testimony of it , which was given me at Nimeguen , by count Oxenstern , the first of the Swedish ambassadors in that assembly . In ...
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