Myths of the Norsemen by H. A. Guerber (book recommendations for teens .txt) 📕
Norse Mythology (R. B. Anderson).
To support the heavenly vault, the gods stationed the strong dwarfs, Nordri, Sudri, Austri, Westri, at its four corners, bidding them sustain it upon their shoulders, and from them the four points of the compass received their present names of North, South, East, and West. To give light to the world thus created, the gods studded the heavenly vault with sparks secured from Muspells-heim, points of light which shone steadily through the gloom like brilliant stars. The most vivid of these sparks, however, were reserved for the manufacture of the sun and moon, which were placed in beautiful golden chariots.
"And from the flaming world, where Muspel reigns, Thou sent'st and fetched'st fire, and madest lights: Sun, moon, and stars, which thou hast hung in heaven, Dividing clear the paths of night and day."
Balder Dead (Matthew Arnold).
When all these preparations had been finis
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Fabian’s MS., 193
Forman (translations), 31, 36, 55, 103
Goethe, 138
Gray, 199, 200, 201
Grotta-Savngr, 129
Heine, 195, 237
Hemans, 24, 174
Henderson (translations), 3, 166, 175
Herbert (translations), 77, 78, 80, 119, 121, 122, 147
Herrick, 127
Hewitt (translation), 175
Homer, 30
Howitt, 31, 63, 212, 247, 339, 340
Jones, Julia Clinton, Valhalla, 2, 9, 50, 60, 87, 91, 92, 103, 106, 165, 168, 180, 181, 182, 185, 192, 197, 212, 222, 224, 228, 330, 332, 333
Keightley (translation), 194
Kingsley, Charles, 46, 47, 134
L. E. R., 193
La Motte-Fouqué, 240
Longfellow, 41, 61, 83, 129, 184, 207, 300, 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 313, 323
Macdowall, Asgard and the Gods, 48
Martin (translation from Heine), 237
Mathisson, 194
Meredith, Owen, 54, 155
Morris, William, 59, 118, 135, 168, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 259, 262, 263, 265, 267, 269, 271, 272, 274, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 288, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296
Naogeorgus, 125
Oehlenschläger, 31, 64, 65, 66, 67, 147, 190, 191
Oxford Carol, 125
Percy (translation from the Edda), 60
Pfeiffer (translation), 331
Pigott (translations from Oehlenschläger), 64, 65, 66, 67, 147, 190, 191
Scott, 26, 246
Selcher (translation), 195
Shakespeare, 86, 170, 248
Southey, 29, 30
Spalding (translations from the Frithiof Saga), 303
Spenser, 242
Stagnelius, 194
Stephens (translations from the Frithiof Saga), 135, 243, 305, 306, 308, 309, 311, 313, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 321, 324, 325, 326, 328
Taylor (translations from the Sagas), 7, 10, 11, 21, 32, 33, 94, 335, 338
Tegnér, Frithiof Saga, 135, 243, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 328
Thomson, 20, 182
Thorpe (translations), 4, 8, 18, 22, 25, 34, 37, 38, 41, 70, 75, 86, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101, 105, 108, 109, 111, 112, 117, 118, 122, 136, 137, 139, 142, 146, 148, 149, 151, 154, 156, 163, 169, 176, 178, 181, 184, 189, 190, 192, 198, 199, 200, 216, 218, 223, 225, 227, 264, 273, 275, 277, 287, 336
Vail, 23
Wagner, 31, 36, 55, 103
Wagner-Macdowall, Asgard and the Gods, 48
Whittier, J. G., 230, 241
Wordsworth, 24
Aager (ä′ger) and Else. Ballad of, 184
Abel. Cain in Wild Hunt because of the murder of, 26
Abundantia (a-bun-dan′shyȧ). Same as Fulla, 47
Abundia. Same as Fulla, 47
Acheron (ak′e-ron). Giöll, the Northern, 359
Achilles (a-kil′ēz). Balder, the Northern, 360; father of Pyrrhus, 361
Adonis (a-dō′nis). Odin, the Northern, 348; Idun lost like, 353; Odur, the Northern, 355
Ægean (ē-jē′an). Argo’s cruise round the, 362
Ægeus (ē-jē′us). Sigmund’s sword compared to that of, 363
Ægir (ā′jir). Tempests caused by, 185; god of the sea, 185–193, 303; banquet in halls of, 224; Neptune, the Greek, 359
Ægis (ē′jis). Fafnir’s Helmet of Dread so called, 270
Æneas (ē-nē′as). Vidar, the Northern, 361
Æsir (ā′sir). Northern gods called, 5; twelve in number, 11; Asgard, home of, 15; dispute between Vanas and, 15; to be supplanted, 32; inhabitants of Asia Minor, 39; Gylfi visits the, 40; Hrungnir feasts with the, 73; Freya visited by the, 78; recovery of hammer pleases the, 80; Fenris bound by the, 92, 93; Suttung slain by the, 99; Idun welcomed by the, 107; Niörd among the, 111; Ægir not ranked with the, 185; Ægir visits the, 188; reward promised to the, 205; heralds sent out by the, 211; Loki slanders the, 216, 225; battle between the giants and the, 231; beginning and end of the, 329; Giallar-horn summons the, 332; giants come to fight
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