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... lives . Wolves she tamed , Magic arts she knew , she practised , Ever was she the joy Of evil people . " The three giant maidens are the three Fates — the sisters , -Past , Present and Future . They came from giant land , which in this ...
... lives . Wolves she tamed , Magic arts she knew , she practised , Ever was she the joy Of evil people . " The three giant maidens are the three Fates — the sisters , -Past , Present and Future . They came from giant land , which in this ...
الصفحة 22
... live , called Midgard , and made out of Ymir's eyebrows ; in the midst of the earth Asgard , the city of the gods . It seems to be rather a disputed point whether or not Asgard was on the top of a hill . Heavenly mountains are mentioned ...
... live , called Midgard , and made out of Ymir's eyebrows ; in the midst of the earth Asgard , the city of the gods . It seems to be rather a disputed point whether or not Asgard was on the top of a hill . Heavenly mountains are mentioned ...
الصفحة 23
... live over it , and over this root is a deep well which we shall hear more of by - and - bye . In the picture this root could not be shown , but the branches which encircle the ice region are supposed to spring from it . Another root ...
... live over it , and over this root is a deep well which we shall hear more of by - and - bye . In the picture this root could not be shown , but the branches which encircle the ice region are supposed to spring from it . Another root ...
الصفحة 24
... live under it , at the top of the Rainbow's arch in their palace very beauteous , which stands by the Holy Urda Fount . They water the tree every day with the holy water , so that ever " it stands green over Urda's Fount . " These ...
... live under it , at the top of the Rainbow's arch in their palace very beauteous , which stands by the Holy Urda Fount . They water the tree every day with the holy water , so that ever " it stands green over Urda's Fount . " These ...
الصفحة 26
... live with him in heaven ; he called himself by many names when he travelled , he was known as Ygg , but generally , chiefly , he was Odin . The meaning of the first syllable of this last name is terror ( like Ygg ) , or violent emotion ...
... live with him in heaven ; he called himself by many names when he travelled , he was known as Ygg , but generally , chiefly , he was Odin . The meaning of the first syllable of this last name is terror ( like Ygg ) , or violent emotion ...
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Ægir Æsir Air Throne Alfheim answered Asa Thor Asgard asked Asyniur Baldur Baugi beautiful Bifröst Biographical Bragi bright brother called chain cold Crown 8vo dark dwarfs earth Edda Edition English evil Extra fcap eyes face Father Odin Fcap fell Fenrir fire Frey Freyja Frigga Gangler Gerda giant giantess Gladsheim gods golden grew grove Gunnlöd hall hand head heaven Heimdall Helheim Hermod heroes Hymir Idūna Jörmungand Jötunheim journey King knew Kvasir land light elves live Loki Loki's maidens mead mighty Miölnir mountain myth never Niflheim night Niörd Norns Odhærir Odin looked Odin's Odur palace POEMS poetry Ragnarök river rock rose round says side Simrock Skadi Skirnir Sleipnir song stones stood story strange Suttung Svartheim sword Thialfi things Thor Thor's thought trees turned Utgard Valhalla Vanir Vidar waves weep whilst wind wolf wonder words Yggdrasil
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الصفحة 41 - BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL. With Notes and Glossarial Index. By W. ALDIS WRIGHT, MA THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS from this World to that which is to come.
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الصفحة 41 - All previous compilations of this kind must undeniably for the present give place to the Book of Praise. . . . The selection has been made throughout with sound judgment and critical taste. The pains involved in this compilation must have been immense, embracing, as it does, every writer of note in this special province of English literature, and ranging over the most widely divergent tracts of religious thought."- — SATURDAY REVIEW. THE FAIRY BOOK ; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and...
الصفحة 35 - Mrs. Webster has shown us that she is able to draw admirably from the life; that she can observe with subtlety, and render her observations with delicacy ; that she can impersonate complex conceptions, and venture into which few living writers can follow her.
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