Northern Antiquities: The Edda : or, ancient Icelandic mythologyC. Stewart, 1809 |
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This is granted ; but should we not then rather look for their monuments in countries later converted to Christianity ? If the poems of which we speak have been ever committed to writing , shall we not more . probably find them ...
This is granted ; but should we not then rather look for their monuments in countries later converted to Christianity ? If the poems of which we speak have been ever committed to writing , shall we not more . probably find them ...
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... look upon these stories as only fo many excufes , which love invents to co- ver the faults it induces frail fe- males to commit . ( D ) " All was one vast abyss . " ] It will not , I hope , be expected of me here , that I should heap ...
... look upon these stories as only fo many excufes , which love invents to co- ver the faults it induces frail fe- males to commit . ( D ) " All was one vast abyss . " ] It will not , I hope , be expected of me here , that I should heap ...
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... look upon as Gods ? Har replied : To relate this is no trivial mat- ter . They dragged the body of Ymir into the mid- dle of the abyss , and of it formed the earth . The wa- ter and the fea were composed of his blood ; the moun- tains ...
... look upon as Gods ? Har replied : To relate this is no trivial mat- ter . They dragged the body of Ymir into the mid- dle of the abyss , and of it formed the earth . The wa- ter and the fea were composed of his blood ; the moun- tains ...
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... look upon their Gods as the protectors of Juftice and integrity ; the Laws , which gave a public fanction to thofe virtues , being regarded as the expreffion of the divine will , might naturally enough be called the Work of the Gods ...
... look upon their Gods as the protectors of Juftice and integrity ; the Laws , which gave a public fanction to thofe virtues , being regarded as the expreffion of the divine will , might naturally enough be called the Work of the Gods ...
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... looks back upon fo many chimerical terrors , and fo many painful and abfurd obfer- vances , from which we are at this day delivered ; who but muft ap- plaud the progress of literature and the sciences ? See , upon this fubject , a ...
... looks back upon fo many chimerical terrors , and fo many painful and abfurd obfer- vances , from which we are at this day delivered ; who but muft ap- plaud the progress of literature and the sciences ? See , upon this fubject , a ...
Common terms and phrases
adeo alfo ancient ANGANTYR apud Mallet arms Asæ ASGARD atque autem Balder Bartholin battle Biarmland blood called Celtes Celtic Celtic nations death divine earth EDDA ejus etiam FABLE faid fame father Fenris fhall fire fome fons fought with swords Frey Frigga fuch fuit Gauls Genii Giant Gods Gothic Grymer Hacon hæc hath heaven HEIMDAL Hermode heroes HERVOR Hialmar himſelf Hiuggum vier horſe Icelandic king Loco Loke Midgard moſt Mythology Niflheim night nomine northern nations Odin Odinus omnes original palace pieces poem poetry Poets prefent quæ quam Quath quod Reader religion REMARKS replied Runic Scalds Serpent ſhould Snorro sunt Surtur Tacitus Telephus terra thefe themſelves ther theſe Thialfe thing thofe tholin Thor thoſe thou tion Torus Tunc Valhall vero verses vessel vier med hiorve vocatur VOLUSPA warriors Wolf Fenris word Ymir
Popular passages
Page 131 - And there was war in heaven : Michael and his angels fought against the dragon ; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not ; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world : he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 131 - And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 131 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 132 - And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones.
Page 131 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Page 131 - And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Page 315 - We fought with swords ; this fills me still with joy, because I know a banquet is preparing by the father of the Gods. Soon in the splendid Hall of Odin, we shall drink beer out of the skulls of our enemies.
Page 131 - And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Page 128 - God continues for some time totally concentered in himself, and remains concealed as it were, wholly immersed in the contemplation of his own ideas: Afterwards, we see a new world spring from him, perfect in all its. parts...
Page 163 - I know a Song, useful to all mankind, for as soon as hatred inflames the sons of men, the moment I sing it they are appeased. I know a Song of such virtue, that were I caught in a storm, I can hush the winds and render the air perfectly calm.