Northern antiquities: or, a description of the manners, customs, religion and laws of the ancient Danes, and other northern nations; including those of our own Saxon ancestors. ... In two volumes. Translated from Mons. Mallet's ...T. Carnan and Company, 1770 |
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... fome other Gods . p . 82 : 11 16 FAB . Of Loke . p . 85 17 FAB . Of the Wolf Fenris . P. 90 18 FAB . Of the Goddesses . P. 96 19 FAB . Of Frey and Girde . p . 102 20 FAB . Of the Food of the Gods . p . 105 21 FAB . Of the Horse Sleipner ...
... fome other Gods . p . 82 : 11 16 FAB . Of Loke . p . 85 17 FAB . Of the Wolf Fenris . P. 90 18 FAB . Of the Goddesses . P. 96 19 FAB . Of Frey and Girde . p . 102 20 FAB . Of the Food of the Gods . p . 105 21 FAB . Of the Horse Sleipner ...
الصفحة iii
... fome barbarous nations , Creeds without ideas , and practices without any object ; these have at first been dictated by fear , and afterward continued by mere mechanical habit . A fingle glance of the eye thrown upon such Religions as ...
... fome barbarous nations , Creeds without ideas , and practices without any object ; these have at first been dictated by fear , and afterward continued by mere mechanical habit . A fingle glance of the eye thrown upon such Religions as ...
الصفحة iv
... fome ancient author : The most trivial cir- cumstances , the most inconfiderable monu- ments of the worship prescribed by that * Our Author fays TWO RELIGIONS , mean- ing , 1. The Polytheism of GREECE and ROME , and , 2. The Druidical ...
... fome ancient author : The most trivial cir- cumstances , the most inconfiderable monu- ments of the worship prescribed by that * Our Author fays TWO RELIGIONS , mean- ing , 1. The Polytheism of GREECE and ROME , and , 2. The Druidical ...
الصفحة vii
... religions , void of all connection and coherence ; and where , amidst eternal contradictions and obscurities , one has fome difficulty to trace out a few bright rays of a4 reafor reason and genius ? What was this Reli- gion , ( vii )
... religions , void of all connection and coherence ; and where , amidst eternal contradictions and obscurities , one has fome difficulty to trace out a few bright rays of a4 reafor reason and genius ? What was this Reli- gion , ( vii )
الصفحة xxiv
... fome ancient tradition of a conversation fi- milar to that which is the subject of the Edda . This name of EDDA hath frequently ex- ercised the penetration of the etymologifts . The most probable conjectures are , that it is derived ...
... fome ancient tradition of a conversation fi- milar to that which is the subject of the Edda . This name of EDDA hath frequently ex- ercised the penetration of the etymologifts . The most probable conjectures are , that it is derived ...
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adeo almoſt alſo ancient anſwered apud Mallet Aſh aſked Balder becauſe called cauſe Celtes Celtic nations cient compoſed cuſtom diſcover divine earth EDDA ejus Engliſh eſſe eſt FABLE faid fame Fenris fignifies firſt fome fons Frey Frigga fuit funt Gauls Genii Giants Gods Goranſon Gothic GRYMER hæc hath heaven Hermode himſelf horſe Icelandic itſelf king laſt leſs Loco Loke moſt muſt obſerved occafion Odin omnes palace paſs paſſage paſſed perſon preſent preſerved quæ quam quod reaſon Religion REMARKS reſpect ſame ſays ſays Gangler ſea ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſent ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſon ſpeak ſtill ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed Surtur ſword Tacitus terra themſelves theſe Thialfe Thor thoſe tions Torus tranflation Tunc Univerſal uſe vaſt vero verſes veſſel VOLUSPA whoſe Wolf Fenris worſhip YMIR
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الصفحة 21 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
الصفحة 177 - 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...
الصفحة 176 - 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.
الصفحة 82 - He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him. So acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass growing on the earth, and the wool on a sheep's back.
الصفحة 26 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
الصفحة 217 - I know a song which I need only to sing when men have loaded me with bonds ; for the moment I sing it my chains fall in pieces, and I walk forth at liberty.
الصفحة 177 - 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.
الصفحة 124 - Loke then said, that his art consisted in eating more than any other man in the world, and that he would challenge any one at that kind of combat. ' It must, indeed, be owned,' replied the king, ' that you are not wanting in dexterity, if you are able to perform what you promise.
الصفحة 86 - Loke, say that she there possesses large apartments, strongly built, and fenced with gates of iron. Her hall is Grief; her table, Famine; Hunger, her knife; Delay, her servant; Faintness. her porch; Sickness and Pain, her bed; and her tent, Cursing and Howling.
الصفحة 217 - Another bard in like tone says, — " I am possessed of songs such as no son of man can repeat ; one of them is called the ' Helper ' ; it will help thee at thy need in sickness, grief, and all adversities. I know a song which I need only to sing when men have loaded me with bonds : when I sing it, my chains fall in pieces and I walk forth at liberty.