Northern Antiquities: The Edda : or, ancient Icelandic mythologyC. Stewart, 1809 |
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... relations which the ancients have left us of their barbarous neighbours , and even if the little they have told us were exact , do their writings after all contain wherewith to interest us on the sub- ject of the Celtic or Gothic ...
... relations which the ancients have left us of their barbarous neighbours , and even if the little they have told us were exact , do their writings after all contain wherewith to interest us on the sub- ject of the Celtic or Gothic ...
Page xxxi
... relation they bear to each other . Thus it loses that strength and accuracy of discernment which are its best preservatives from error . To think of confining our studies to what one raay call mere necessary truths , ( xxxi )
... relation they bear to each other . Thus it loses that strength and accuracy of discernment which are its best preservatives from error . To think of confining our studies to what one raay call mere necessary truths , ( xxxi )
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... relation to the reft , and contains nothing remarkable : It is alfo not found in the MS , at Upfal . That chapter feems to have been only prefixed by way of preamble , by SNORRO STURLE- SON , the compiler of the EDDA . As for GYLFE ...
... relation to the reft , and contains nothing remarkable : It is alfo not found in the MS , at Upfal . That chapter feems to have been only prefixed by way of preamble , by SNORRO STURLE- SON , the compiler of the EDDA . As for GYLFE ...
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... relation but what is natural and eafy . But I must here repeat it , that we must expect to fee , throughout this Mythology , ODIN the conqueror of the north , every where confounded with ODIN the fupreme Deity : Whofe name was ufurped ...
... relation but what is natural and eafy . But I must here repeat it , that we must expect to fee , throughout this Mythology , ODIN the conqueror of the north , every where confounded with ODIN the fupreme Deity : Whofe name was ufurped ...
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... , fig- nifies an ASH - TREE , and Emla , an ELM . I fhall leave to others to find out the reason why the pre- ference hath been given to these two trees ; and what relation there could Fr. Les Celtes . THE SIXTH FABLE . TH Of ( 21 )
... , fig- nifies an ASH - TREE , and Emla , an ELM . I fhall leave to others to find out the reason why the pre- ference hath been given to these two trees ; and what relation there could Fr. Les Celtes . THE SIXTH FABLE . TH Of ( 21 )
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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
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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.