Scandinavian Mythology: The Religion of Our Forefathers ...Democrat Print. Company, 1892 - 15 páginas |
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ancient Scandinavians Asgard ash Ygdrasil Ask and Embla Balder ballads battle beauty became Biblical theology Bolthorn Breidablik Cæsar called Church cloth cosmos dark death of Balder devil divinities dragon Nidhug dwell earth einherjes Elder Edda Elivog rivers everlasting to everlasting evil powers Fenriswolf final conflict flaming sword Frey Frigg giant race giant Ymer giantess Ginungagap goddess gods Greek heathen heaven Heimskringla hell before Ragnarok Hoder Honer human Hvergelmer Iceland introduction of Christianity judgment Loder Loke Loke's face Midgard-serpent mighty Mimer Minister to Denmark Muspelheim myths Nastrand Nature Niblung story Niflheim norns Norse Mythology Norsemen North Norway Odin or Thor Odin's Odinic religion old Scandinavians perish in Ragnarok pre-chaotic world primeval Prof R. B. ANDERSON Ragnarok Rasmus Runic Scandinavian mythology serpent Snorre Sturlason SURT Teutonic things Thokk three worlds tree United States Minister vala Valhal Vile worship wrapped in flames Younger Edda
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Página 8 - And when the heated blast met the gelid vapour it melted it into drops, and, by the might of him who sent the heat, these drops quickened into life, and took a human semblance. The being thus formed was named Ymir, but the Frost-giants call him Orgelmir.
Página 11 - The second son of Odin,' replied Har, ' is Baldur, and it may be truly said of him that he is the best, and that all mankind are loud in his praise. So fair and dazzling is he in form and features, that rays of light seem to issue from him...
Página 11 - Niflheirn, where he waked the vala or seeress, and compelled her to give him information about the fate of Balder. When it had been made known that all things had taken a solemn oath not to hurt Balder, it became a favorite pastime of the gods at their meetings to put him up as a mark and shoot at him. But it sorely vexed Loke to see that Balder was not hurt. So he...
Página 12 - Siguna, his wife, stands by him and receives the drops as they fall in a cup, which she empties as often as it is filled. But while she is...
Página 9 - The man they called Ask, and the woman Embla, and from them are descended the whole human family. The counterparts of this story in Genesis need only to be mentioned. As a proof of the thoroughness, depth, and comprehensiveness of the old Scandinavian mind, the reader will note the fact that instead of making the world pass simply from chaos to cosmos, the old Scandinavians took a step farther back into primeval time, and conceived a pre-chaotic state (Muspelheim, Niflheim, and Ginungagap), then...
Página 9 - Bergelmer and his wife, who escaped in a boat (ark) and perpetuated their race. The three sons of Bor dragged Ymer's body into Ginungagap, and out of it they made the world : of his flesh the land, of his blood the ocean, of his bones the rocks, of his hair the forests, of his skull the vaulted sky, which they decorated with red hot flakes from Muspelheim to serve as sun, moon, and stars. Ymer's brain they scattered in the air, and made of them the melancholy clouds.
Página 11 - ... miss its shining mark and Balder fell dead. The gods were struck speechless with terror. When they had had time to recover their senses, Frigg sent Hermod to the goddess Hel to ask her to permit Balder to return to Asgard. Hel said she would release Balder if it was true that he was so universally beloved, and this she would test by observing if all things would weep for him. Messengers were despatched throughout all the world to beseech all things to weep Balder out from Hel's domain. And all...
Página 8 - He has had a world of valuable light, though he himself saw nothing. Finally the student of Scandinavian mythology must look for fragments of Odinism in the customs, habits, speech, traditions, ballads, folk-lore tales, and in the usages of the Christian Churches throughout Teutondom. The folk-lore tales are especially valuable, and during the last half century they have found splendid collectors in Germany (the brothers Grimm), in Norway (Asbjomsen and Moe), and in Iceland (Jon Arnason).
Página 7 - A richer vein of information is the tolerably well represented collection of German heroic poems, among which the most important are the Niblung story and Gudrun. The Heliand preserves a number of heathen phrases and figures of speech. The Anglo-Saxon Beowulf poem would be more valuable had not the...
Página 10 - Niflheim, and the probability that he existed from the time when primeval evolution took its beginning, has already been stated. The giant descendants of Ymer were evil, and they did not all perish in his blood-deluge, for Bergelmer and his household escaped like Noah of old, and like him produced a numerous offspring, with whom Thor and the other gods carried on constant war.