The Pre-history of the North: Based on Contemporary MemorialsTrübner & Company, 1886 - 206 pages |
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... Odin's sign . In many lands at all events and in some localities even down to our own days the stones marked with such cruciform incisions have been the object of popular superstition , and it has been a custom to lay offerings in the ...
... Odin's sign . In many lands at all events and in some localities even down to our own days the stones marked with such cruciform incisions have been the object of popular superstition , and it has been a custom to lay offerings in the ...
Page 97
... Odin and Frey . As is well known , a corresponding ancient representation of a trinity in the godhead may be observed among other peoples in very ancient times . It is found among the Celtic tribes in France . It can be traced from ...
... Odin and Frey . As is well known , a corresponding ancient representation of a trinity in the godhead may be observed among other peoples in very ancient times . It is found among the Celtic tribes in France . It can be traced from ...
Page 120
... as the exterior representations corres- pond with the interior , On each side of Odin's mark ( the three - armed and in this case curved cross or triskele ) they show the boar sacred to Frey along. 120 THE PRE - HISTORY OF THE NORTH .
... as the exterior representations corres- pond with the interior , On each side of Odin's mark ( the three - armed and in this case curved cross or triskele ) they show the boar sacred to Frey along. 120 THE PRE - HISTORY OF THE NORTH .
Page 121
... Odin and Frey . In graves on Bornholm and at Ribe similar though perhaps some- what later cauldrons of riveted bronze or brass have been found . These also , though without figures , corres- pond in having heavy rings of iron . They ...
... Odin and Frey . In graves on Bornholm and at Ribe similar though perhaps some- what later cauldrons of riveted bronze or brass have been found . These also , though without figures , corres- pond in having heavy rings of iron . They ...
Page 134
... Odin or Frey . Mountings more fre- quently have the signs of Frey and Freya . A piece of mounting adorned with several hooked - crosses shows how the sacred marks naturally became religious orna- ments . Exactly the same thing may be ...
... Odin or Frey . Mountings more fre- quently have the signs of Frey and Freya . A piece of mounting adorned with several hooked - crosses shows how the sacred marks naturally became religious orna- ments . Exactly the same thing may be ...
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