Asgard and the Gods: The Tales and Traditions of Our Northern Ancestors, Volum 1S. Sonnenschein, 1884 - 326 sider |
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Allfather amongst arms Ases Asgard asked Baldur beautiful Berchta Bragi called castle conquered dark dead death deeds divine Dwarfs dwelling earth Edda Einheriar evil eyes father fight fire flames flowers Freya Freyer Frigg Frodi gave giant goddess gods gold golden grew hall hammer head heard heaven Heimdal Hermodur heroes Hödur holy Hönir honour horse Hrimthurses Iduna Jörd Jotun Jotunheim king land Last Battle light lived Loki looked magic maiden mead Menia Midgard mighty Mimir Miölnir monster moon mother mountain Muspel myth Nanna Nifelheim night Niörder Norns Northern Odin Odin's Ögir once palace peace poems Ragnarök rock round runes shining Skadi skalds Skirnir Sleipnir song soon spear Starkad stones Surtur sword terrible Teutonic thee Thor thou throne Thrym Thurses took victory Wala Walhalla Walkyries warriors Widar wife Wild Hunt winter Wodan wood words Yggdrasil
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Side 299 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Side 305 - Jotun sail all with Freki, The brother of Bileist is on board with them. Surtur starts from the south with disastrous swords ; The sun glitters upon the blades of the hero-gods : The mountains of the rock are shaken, the giants tremble, The shades press the road to hell. Heaven opens ! What are the Ases doing? What do the Elves...
Side 235 - For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
Side vii - Pyramids, in the Greek and Italian peninsulas, and even in the North, whither Kelts, Teutons and Slavs wandered, the religious conceptions of the people have taken different forms, yet their common origin is still perceptible. We point out this connection between the stories of the gods, and the deep thought contained in them, and their importance, in order that the reader may see that it is not a magic world of erratic fancy which...
Side 303 - Every valid treaty that had passed on one side or the other. I foresaw for Baldur, for that bloody victim, For that son of Odin, the destiny reserved for him : He was raising in a charming valley A tender and beautiful mistletoe. From that stalk which appeared so tender, grew The fatal arrow of bitterness which Hoder took upon himself to dart.
Side 295 - There the Gods were enthroned, as they used to be. ... From Gimil's heights (the seventh planet or globe, the highest and the purest), they looked down upon the happy descendants of LIF and LIFTHRASIR (the coming Adam and Eve of purified humanity), and signed to them to CLIMB up higher, to rise in knowledge and wisdom, step by step, from one "heaven to another," until they were at last fit to be united to the Gods in the house of All-Father (p.
Side 304 - Brothers are going to fight against each other, and become fratricides ; Relations will break their alliances ; Cruelty reigns in the world, and a great luxury ; The age of axes, the age of lances, in which bucklers are cleft, The age of north- winds, the age of fierce beasts succeed before the world falls to pieces ; Not one dreams of sparing his neighbour.
Side 264 - I foresee only too clearly what is about to happen ; yet will I call up Wala from the realm of the dead, and she shall give me a sure answer to my questions as to what will come to pass." Then he saddled Sleipnir and rode off swift as an eagle, to the north towards Nifelheim. plans. At last it seemed to them that the best thing they could do would be to make all living creatures, and even by means of magic power force every inanimate object, to swear to do no hurt to Baldur's holy body. Frigg, the...
Side 31 - With this jewel on his finger lie was lucky in all his undertakings ; his estates prospered ; his wealth became enormous. His son enjoyed the same good fortune, and his grandson also, who both inherited the talisman in turn. The last heir gained a prince's coronet, and fought with distinction in the Polish army. He accidentally lost the ring while nt play, and could never recover it, although he offered an immense reward for its restoration. From that moment his luck forsook him ; locusts devoured...