NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES:

OR

A DESCRIPTION

OF THE

Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws

OF THE

ANCIENT DANES,

INCLUDING THOSE OF

OUR OWN SAXON ANCESTORS.

WITH A TRANSLATION OF THE EDDA, OR
SYSTEM OF RUNIC MYTHOLOGY, AND
OTHER PIECES, FROM THE ANCIENT

ICELANDIC TONGUE,

Translated from 6 L’Introduction a l'Histoire de

Dannemarc, &c. Par Mons. MALLET."
WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE ENGLISH TRANSLATOR,

AND GORANSON'S LATIN VERSION OF THE EDDA,

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY C. STEWART.

1809.

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CO N T E N T S

OF

VOLUME II.

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Page

The Author's Introduction,

THE EDDA, or ANCIENT ICELANDIC (or RUNIC)
MYTHOLOGY, ....

..............2

yiz.

The Vision of Gylfe : and Illusions of Har.........ib.

i FAB. Questions of Gangler...................................6

2 FAB. Of the Burning of the World, and of Sur-

.............10

3 FAB. Of the Cow Oedumla,

................13

4 FAB. How the Sons of Bore made Heaven and

Earth,........

................16

5 FAB. Of the Formation of Aske and Emla,........20

6 FAB. Of the Giant Norg...............

.24

7 FAB. Of the Way that leads to Heaven,................29

8 Fab. Of the Holy City, or Residence of the

Gods, .

..............35

9 FAB. Of the Cities which are in Heaven.............41.

10 Fab. Of the Gods to be believed in, ............. 44

11 Fab. Of the God Thor, the Son of Odin.........47

12 FAB. Of the God Balder..............

...............51

13 FAB. Of the God Frey, and the Goddess Freya,.55

14 FAB. Of the God Tyro.................

...............57

15 Fab. Of Heimdall, and some other Gods,.......59

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