of Hyndla: Nine giant maids gave birth to the gracious god, at the
world’s margin. These are: Gjalp, Greip, Eistla, Angeyja, Ulfrun,
Eyrgjafa, Imd, Atla, and Jarnsaxa. _Angeyja._
ANGRBOÐA [Anguish-boding]. A giantess; mother of the Fenris-wolf by
Loke. _Angerboda._
ÁRVAKR [Early awake]. The name of one of the horses of the sun.
_Aarvak._
ÁSS or ÁS, plural ÆSIR. The _asas_, gods. The word appears in such
English names as _Os_born, _Os_wald, etc. With an _n_ it is found in the
Germ. _Ans_gar (Anglo-Sax. _Os_car). It is also found in many
Scandinavian proper names, as _As_björn, _As_trid, etc. The term _æsir_
is used to distinguish Odin, Thor, etc., from the _vanir_. (vans).
_Asa._
ÁSA-LOKI. Loke, so called to distinguish him from Utgard-Loke, who is a
giant. _Asa-Loke._
ÁSA-PÓRR. A common name for Thor. _Asa-Thor._
ÁSGARÐR. The residence of the gods (_asas_). _Asgard._
ASKR [Anglo-Sax. _äsc_, an ash]. The name of the first man created by
Odin, Hœner and Loder. _Ask._
ÁSYNJA; plural ÁSYNJUR. A goddess; feminine of _Áss_. _Asynje._
ATLA. One of Heimdal’s nine mothers. _Atla._
AUÐHUMLA; also written AUÐHUMBLA. [The etymology of this word is
uncertain. Finn Magnússon derives it from _auðr_, void, and _hum_,
darkness, and expresses the name by _aër nocturnus_.] The cow formed
from the frozen vapors resolved into drops. She nourished the giant
Ymer. _Audhumbla._
AURBOÐA [_aurr_, wet clay or loam; _boða_, to announce]. Gymer’s wife
and Gerd’s mother. _Aurboda._
AURGELMIR [_aurr_, wet clay or loam]. A giant; grandfather of Bergelmer;
called also Ymer. _Aurgelmer._
AUSTRI. A dwarf presiding over the east region. _Austre._ _East._
B
BALDR. [Anglo-Sax. _baldor_, princeps, the best, foremost]. The god of
the summer-sunlight. He was son of Odin and Frigg; slain by Hoder, who
was instigated by Loke. He returns after Ragnarok. His dwelling is
Breidablik. _Balder._
BARREY [Needle-isle]. A cool grove in which Gerd agreed with Skirner to
meet Frey. _Barey._
BAUGI. A brother of Suttung, for whom (Baugi) Odin worked one summer in
order to get his help in obtaining Suttung’s mead of poetry. _Bauge._
BELI. A giant, brother of Gerd, slain by Frey. _Bele_.
BERGELMIR [_berg_, rock]. A giant; son of Thrudgelmer and grandson of
Aurgelmer. _Bergelmer._
BESTLA. Wife of Bur and mother of Odin. _Bestla._
BEYLA. Frey’s attendant; wife of Bygver. _Beyla._
BIFRÖST [_bifast_, to tremble, _röst_ (compare Eng. _rest_), a space, a
way; the trembling way, _via tremula_]. The rainbow. _Bifrost._
BILSKIRNIR [_bil_, a moment; _skir_, serene, shining]. The heavenly
abode of Thor, from the flashing of light in the lightning.
_Bilskirner._
BÖLÞORN [Evil thorn]. A giant: father of Bestla, Odin’s mother.
_Bolthorn._
BÖLVERKR [Working terrible things]. An assumed name of Odin, when he
went to get Suttung’s mead. _Bolverk._
BOÐN. [Compare Anglo-Sax. _byden_, dolium.] One of the three vessels in
which the poetical mead was kept. Hence poetry is called the wave of the
_boðn_. _Bodn._
BÖRR [_burr_, a son; compare Eng. _born_, Scotch _bairn_, Norse _barn_,
a child]. A son of Bure and father of Odin, Vile and Ve. _Bor._
BRAGI. [Compare Anglo-Sax. _brego_, princeps.] The god of poetry. A son
of Odin. He is the best of skalds. _Brage._
BREIÐABLIK [Literally broad-blink, from _breiðr_, broad, and _blika_
(Germ. _blicken_; Eng. to _blink_), to gleam, twinkle]. Balder’s
dwelling. _Breidablik._
BRÍSINGAMEN. Freyja’s necklace or ornament. _Brisingamen._
BURI. [This word is generally explained as meaning _the bearing_, _i.
e._ father; but we think that it is the same as the Anglo-Saxon _býre_,
son, descendant, offspring. We do not see how it can be conceived as an
active participle of the verb _bera_, to bring forth. See p. 195, where
we have followed Keyser.] The father of Bor. He was produced by the
cow’s licking the stones covered with rime. _Bure._
BYGGVIR. Frey’a attendant; Beyla’s husband. _Bygver._
BYLEIPTR [The flame of the dwelling]. The brother of Loke. _Byleipt._
D
DAGR [Day]. Son of Delling. _Dag._
DÁINN. A hart that gnaws the branches of Ygdrasil. _Daain._
DELLINGR [_deglinger_ (_dagr_, day), dayspring]. The father of Day.
_Delling._
DÍS; plural DÍSIR. Attendant spirit or guardian angel. Any female mythic
being may be called Dís. _Dis._
DRAUPNIR [_drjúpa_; Eng. _drip_; Germ. _traufen_; Dan. _dryppe_]. Odin’s
ring. It was put on Belder’r funeral-pile. Skirner offered it to Gerd.
_Draupner._
DRÓMI. One of the fetters by which the Fenris-wolf was fettered.
_Drome._
DUNEYRR, DURAPRÓR. Harts that gnaw the branches of Ygdrasil. _Duneyr_;
_Durathror_.
DURINN. The dwarf, second in degree. _Durin._
DVALINN. A dwarf. _Dvalin._
DVERGR [Anglo-Sax. _dweorg_; Eng. _dwarf_; Germ. _zwerg_; Swed.
_dwerg_]. A dwarf. In modern Icelandic lore dwarfs disappear, but remain
in local names, as Dverga-steinn (compare the Dwarfie Stone in Scott’s
_Pirate_), and in several words and phrases. From the belief that dwarfs
lived in rocks an echo is called _dwerg-mál_ (dwarf-talk), and
_dwerg-mála_ means to echo. The dwarfs were skilled in metal-working.
E
EDDA. The word means a great-grandmother. The name usually applied to
the mythological collection of poems discovered by Brynjolf Sveinsson in
the year 1643. He, led by a fanciful and erroneous suggestion, gave to
the book which he found the name Sæmundar Edda, Edda of Sæmund. This is
the so-called _Elder Edda_. Then there is the _Younger Edda_, a name
applied to a work written by Snorre Sturleson, and containing old
mythological lore and the old artificial rules for verse-making. The
ancients applied the name _Edda_ only to this work of Snorre. The _Elder
Edda_ was never so called. And it is also uncertain whether Snorre
himself knew his work by the name Edda. In the Rigsmál (Lay of Rig) Edda
is the progenitrix of the race of thralls.
EGÐIR. An eagle that appears at Ragnarok. _Egder._
EGILL. The father of Thjalfe; a giant dwelling near the sea. Thor left
his goats with him on his way to the giant Hymer. _Egil._
EIKÞYRNIR. [_eik_, oak, and _þyrnir_, a thorn]. A hart that stands over
Odin’s hall (Valhal). From his antlers drops into the abyss water from
which rivers flow. _Eikthyrner._
EINHERI; plural EINHERJAR. The only (_ein_) or great champions; the
heroes who have fallen in battle and been admitted into Valhal.
_Einherje._
EIR. [The word means _peace_, _clemency_.] An attendant of Menglod, and
the best of all in the healing art. _Eir._
EISTLA. One of Heimdal’s nine mothers. _Eistla._
ELDHRÍMNIR. [_eld_, fire, and _hrímnir_, the one producing rime]. The
kettle in which the boar Sæhrimner is cooked in Valhal. _Eldhrimner._
ELDIR. The fire-producer; a servant of Æger. _Elder._
ÉLIVÁGAR. The ice-waves; poisonous cold streams that flow out of
Niflheim. _Elivagar._
EMBLA. The first woman. The gods found two lifeless trees, the _ask_
(ash) and the _embla_; of the ash they made _man_, of the embla,
_woman_. It is a question what kind of tree the embla was; some suggest
a metathesis, viz. _emla_, from _almr_ (elm), but the compound
_emblu-askr_, in one of Egil’s poems, seems to show that the _embla_ was
in some way related to the ash. _Embla._
EYRGJAFA. One of Heimdal’s nine mothers. _Eyrgjafa._
F
FÁFNIR. Son of Hreidmar. He kills his father to get possession of the
Andvarenaut. He afterwards changes himself into a dragon and guards the
treasure on Gnita-heath. He is slain by Sigurd, and his heart is roasted
and eaten. _Fafner._
FALHÓFNIR [Barrel-hoof, hollow-hoof]. One of the horses of the gods.
_Falhofner._
FARBAUTI [Ship-beater, ship-destroyer]. The father of Loke. _Farbaute._
FENRIR or FENRISÚLFR. The monster-wolf. He is the son of Loke. He bites
the hand Tyr. The gods put him in chains, where he remains until
Ragnarok. In Ragnarok he gets loose, swallows the sun and conquers Odin,
but is killed by Vidar. _Fenrer_ or _Fenris-wolf_.
FENSALIR. The abode of Frigg. _Fensal._
FJALAR. A misnomer for Skrymer, in whose glove Thor took shelter.
_Fjalar._
FJALAR. A dwarf, who slew Kvaser, and composed from his blood the poetic
mead. _Fjalar._
FJALAR. A cock that crows at Ragnarok. _Fjalar._
FIMAFENGR [_fimr_, quick, nimble]. The nimble servant of Æger. He was
slain by the jealous Loke. _Fimafeng._
FIMBUL. [Compare Germ. _fimmel_, an iron wedge; Bohem. _fimol_; Swed.
_fimmel-stång_, the handle of a sledge-hammer; in Icel. obsolete, and
only used in four or five compounds in old poetry.] It means _mighty
great_. In the mythology we have:
FIMBULFAMBI. A mighty fool. _Fimbulfambe._
FIMBULTÝR. The mighty god, great helper (Odin). _Fimbultyr._
FIMBULVETR [_vetr_, winter]. The great and awful winter of three years’
duration preceding the end of the world. _Fimbul-winter._
FIMBULÞUL. A heavenly river (_þul_, roaring.) _Fimbulthul._
FIMBULÞULR. The great wise man (Odin’s High-song, 143). _Fimbulthuler._
FJÖLNIR. A name of Odin. _Fjolner._
FJÖRGYN. A personification of the earth; mother of Thor. _Fjorgyn._
FÓLKVANGR [Anglo-Sax. _folc_; Germ. _volk_; Eng. _folk_, people, and
_vangr_ (Ulfilas, _waggs_), paradise; Anglo-Sax. _wang_; Dan. _vang_, a
field]. The folk-field. Freyja’s dwelling. _Folkvang._
FORNJÓTR. The ancient giant. He was father of Æger or Hler, the god of
the ocean; of Loge, flame or fire, and of Kaare, wind. His wife was Ran.
These divinities are generally regarded as belonging to an earlier
mythology, probably that of the Fins or Celts, and we omitted them in
our work. _Fornjot._
FORSETI [The fore-sitter, president, chairman]. Son of Balder and Nanna.
His dwelling is Glitner, and his office is peace-maker. _Forsete._
FRÁNANGRS-FORS. The force or waterfall into which Loke, in the likeness
of a salmon, cast himself, and where the gods caught him and bound him.
_Fraananger-Force._
FREKI. One of Odin’s wolves. _Freke._
FREYJA [Feminine of Freyr]. The daughter of Njord and sister of Frey.
She dwells in Folkvang. Half the fallen in battle belong to her. She
lends her feather disguise to Loke. She is the goddess of love. Her
husband is Oder. Her necklace is Brisingamen. She has a boar with golden
bristles. _Freyja._
FREYR [Goth. _frauja_; Gr. χύρτος, Anglo-Sax. _freâ_; Heliand _frô_, a
lord]. He is son of Njord, husband of Skade, slayer of Bele, and falls
in conflict with Surt in Ragnarok. Alfheim was given him as a
tooth-gift. The ship Skidbladner was built for him. He falls in love
with Gerd, Gymer’s fair daughter. He gives his trusty sword to Skirner.
_Frey._
FRIGG. [Compare Anglo-Sax. _frigu_, love]. She is the wife of Odin, and
mother of Balder and of other gods. She is the queen of the gods. She
sits with Odin in Hlidskjalf. She exacts an oath from all things that
they shall not harm Balder. She mourns Balder’s death. _Frigg._
FULLA [Fullness]. Frigg’s attendant. She takes care of Frigg’s toilette,
clothes and slippers. Nanna sent her a finger-ring from Helheim. She
wears her hair flowing over her shoulders. _Fulla._
G
GALAR. One of the dwarfs who killed Kvaser. Fjalar was the other.
_Galar._
GAGNRÁÐE. A name assumed by Odin when he went to visit Vafthrudner.
_Gagnraad._
GANGLERI. One of Odin’s names in Grimner’s Lay. _Ganglere._
GANGLERI. A name assumed by King Gylfe when he came to Asgard.
_Ganglere._
GANÐROFA [Fence-breaker]. The goddess Gnaa has a horse by name
Hofvarpner. The sire of this horse is Hamskerper, and its mother is
Garðrofa. _Gardrofa._
GARMR. A dog that barks at Ragnarok. He is called the largest and best
among dogs. _Garm._
GEFJUN or GEFJON. A goddess. She is a maid, and all those who die maids
become her maid-servants. She is present at Æger’s feast. Odin says she
knows men’s destinies as well as he does himself. _Gefjun._
GEIRRÖÐR. A son of King Hraudung and foster-son of Odin; he becomes king
and is visited by Odin, who calls himself Grimner. He is killed by his
own sword. There is also a giant by name Geirrod, who was once visited
by Thor. _Geirrod._
GEIRSKÖGUL. A valkyrie. _Geirskogul._
GEIRVIMUL. A heavenly river. _Geirvimul._
GERÐR. Daughter of Gymer, a beautiful young giantess; beloved by Frey.
_Gerd._
GERI [_gerr_, greedy]. One of Odin’s wolves. _Gere._
GERSEMI [Anglo-Sax. _gersuma_, a costly thing.] One of Freyja’s
daughters. _Gerseme._
GJALLARBRÚ [_gjalla_, to yell, to resound; Anglo-Sax. _giellan_]. The
bridge across the river Gjol, near Helheim. The bridge between the land
of the living and the dead. _Gjallar-bridge._
GJALLARHORN. Heimdal’s horn, which he will blow at Ragnarok. _Gjallar
horn_.
GILLING. Father of Suttung, who possessed we poetic mead. He was slain
by Fjalar and Galar. _Gilling._
GIMLI [_gimill_, _himill_, _himin_, heaven]. The abode of the righteous
after Ragnarok. _Gimle._
GJÁLP. One of Heimdal’s nine mothers. _Gjalp._
GINNUNGA-GAP. [Compare Anglo-Sax. _gin_ or _ginn_, vast, wide. (The
_unga_ may be the adverbial ending added to _ginn_, as in _eall-unga_,
adv. from _all_, all.)] The great yawning gap, the premundane abyss, the
chaos or formless void, in which dwelt the supreme powers before the
creation. In the eleventh century the sea between Greenland and Vinland
(America) was called Ginnunga-gap. _Ginungagap._
GJÖLL. The one of the rivers Elivagar that flowed nearest the gate of
Hel’s abode. _Gjol._
GÍSL [Sunbeam]. One of the horses of the gods. _Gisl._
GLAÐR [Clear, bright]. One of the horses of the gods. _Glad._
GLAÐSHEIMR [Home of brightness or gladness]. Odin’s dwelling.
_Gladsheim._
GLASIR. A grove in Asgard. _Glaser._
GLEIPNIR. The last fetter with which the wolf Fenrer was bound.
_Gleipner._
GLER [The glassy]. One of the horses of the gods. _Gler._
GLITNIR [The glittering]. Forsete’s golden hall. _Glitner._
GNÁ. She is the messenger that Frigg sends into the various worlds on
her errands. She has a horse called Hofvarpner, that can run through air
and water. _Gnaa._
GNÍPAHELLIR. The cave before which the dog Garm barks. _The Gnipa-cave._
GNÍTAHEIÐR. Fafner’s abode, where he kept the treasure called
Andvarenaut. _Gnita-heath._
GÓINN. A serpent under Ygdrasil. _Goin._
GÖLL. A valkyrie. _Gol._
GÖMUL. A heavenly river. _Gomul._
GÖNDUL. A valkyrie. _Gondul._
GÖPUL. A heavenly river. _Gopul._
GRÁBAKR [Gray-back]. One of the serpents under Ygdrasil. _Graabak._
GRÁÐ. A heavenly river. _Graad._
GRAFVITNIR, GRAFVÖLLUÐR. Serpents under Ygdrasil. _Grafvitner_;
_Grafvollud_.
GREIP [Anglo-Sax. _grâp_; Eng. _grip_]. One of Heimdal’s nine giant
mothers. _Greip._
GRÍMNIR [Icel. _grima_; Anglo-Sax. _grîma_; Dan. _grime_, a
horse-halter]. A kind of hood or cowl covering the upper part of the
face. Grimner is a name of Odin from his traveling in disguise.
_Grimner._
GRÓA [Icel. _gróa_; Anglo Sax. _growan_; Eng. _grow_; Lat. _crescere_,
_crev_-i]. The giantess mother of Orvandel. Thor went to her to have her
charm the flint-stone out of his forehead. _Groa._
GULLFAXI [Gold-mane]. The giant Hrungner’s horse. _Goldfax._
GULLINKAMBI [Gold-comb]. A cock that crows at Ragnarok. _Gullinkambe_ or
_Goldcomb_.
GULLTOPPR [Gold-top]. Heimdal’s horse. _Goldtop._
GULLVEIG [Gold-drink, gold-thirst]. A personification of gold. She is
pierced and thrice burnt, and yet lives. _Gulveig._
GULLINBURSTI [Golden bristles]. The name of Frey’s hog. _Gullinburste._
GUNGNIR [Dan. _gungre_, to tremble violently]. Odin’s spear. _Gungner._
GUNNLÖÐ; genitive GUNNLAÐAR [Icel. _gunnr_, war, battle; Anglo-Sax.
_gûð_; Old High Germ. _gundia_; and Icel. _löð_ (_laða_, to invite),
invitation; Anglo-Sax. _gelaðian_, to invite]. One who invites war. She
was daughter of the giant Suttung, and had charge of the poetic mead.
Odin got it from her. _Gunlad._
GYLFI. A king of Svithod, who visited Asgard under the name of Ganglere.
The first part of the Younger Edda is called Gylfaginning, which means
the Delusion of Gylfe. _Gylfe._
GYLLIR [Golden]. One of the horses of the gods. _Gyller._
GÝMIR. A giant: the father of Gerd, the beloved of Frey. _Gymer._
GÝMIR. Another name of the ocean divinity Æger. _Gymer._
H
HALLINSKÍÐI. Another name of the god Heimdal. The possessor of the
leaning (_halla_) way (_skeið_). _Hallinskid._
HAMSKERPIR [Hide-hardener]. A horse; the sire of Hofvarpner, which was
Gnaa’s horse. _Hamskerper._
HÁR [Anglo. Sax. _heáh_; Eng. _high_; Ulfilas _hauhs_]. The High One,
applied to Odin. _Haar._
HÁRBARÐR. The name assumed by Odin in the Lay of Harbard. _Harbard._
HEIÐRUNR [Bright-running]. A goat that stands over Valhal. _Heidrun._
HEIMDALR. The etymology has not been made out. He was the heavenly
watchman in the old mythology, answering to St. Peter in the medieval.
According to the Lay of Rig (Heimdal), he was the father and founder of
the different classes of men, nobles, churls and thralls. He has a horn
called Gjallar-horn, which he blows at Ragnarok. His dwelling is
Himinbjorg. He is the keeper of Bifrost (the rainbow). Nine giantesses
are his mothers. _Heimdal._
HEL. [Ulfilas _halja_, ᾅδης; Anglo-Sax. and Eng. _hell_; Heliand and Old
High Germ. _hellia_; Germ. _Hölle_; Dan. at slaa, i-_hjel_, to kill].
The goddess of death, born of Loke and Angerboda. She corresponds to
Proserpina. Her habitation is Helheim, under one of the roots of
Ygdrasil. _Hel._
HELBLINDI. A name of Odin. _Helblinde._
HELGRINDR. The gates of Hel. _Helgrind_ or _Helgate_.
HELHEIM. The abode of Hel. _Helheim._
HERFÖÐR, HERJAFÖÐR. [The father of hosts]. A name of Odin. _Her-father._
HERMOÐR [Courage of hosts]. Son of Odin, who gives him helmet and
corselet. He went on Sleipner to Hel to bring Balder back. _Hermod._
HILDISVINI [_hildr_ (Anglo-Sax. _hild_) means war]. Freyja’s hog.
HILDE-SVINE.
HIMINBJÖRG [_himinn_, heaven, and _björg_, help, defense; hence heaven
defender]. Heimdal’s dwelling. _Himinbjorg._
HIMINBRJÓTR [Heaven-breaker]. One of the giant Hymer’s oxen.
_Himinbrjoter._
HLÉSEY. The abode of Æger. _Hlesey._
HLIÐSKJÁLF [from _hlið_, gate, and _skjálf_, shelf, bench]. The seat of
Odin, whence he looked out over all the worlds. _Hlidskjalf._
HLÍN. One of the attendants of Frigg; but Frigg herself is sometimes
called by this name. _Hlin._
HLÓÐYN. A goddess; a names of the earth; Thor’s mother. _Hlodyn._
HLÓRIDI [from _hlóa_; Anglo-Sax. _hlowan_; Eng. _low_, to bellow, roar,
and _reið_, thunder]. One of the names of Thor; the bellowing thunderer.
_Hloride._
HNIKARR, HNIKUÐR. Names of Odin, Hnikar and Hnikuder.
HNOSS [Anglo-Sax. _hnossian_, to hammer]. A costly thing; the name of
one of Freyja’s daughters. _Hnos._
HODDMÍMISHOLT. Hodmimer’s holt or grove, where the two human beings Lif
and Lifthraser were preserved during Ragnarok. _Hodmimer’s forest._
HÖÐR. The slayer of Balder. He is blind, returns to life in the
regenerated world. The Cain of the Norse mythology. _Hoder._
HŒNIR. One of the three creating gods. With Odin and Loder Hœner creates
Ask and Embla, the first human pair. _Hœner._
HÓFVARPNIR [Hoof-thrower]. Guaa’s horse. His father is Hamskerper and
mother Gardrofa. _Hofvarpner._
HRÆSVELGR [Corpse-swallower]. A giant in an eagle’s plumage, who
produces the wind. _Hræsvelger._
HRAUÐUNGR. Geirrod’s father. _Hraudung._
HREIÐMARR. Father of Regin and Fafner. He exacts the blood-fine from the
gods for slaying Otter. He is slain by Fafner. _Hreidmar._
HRÍMFAXI [Rime-mane]. The horse of Night. _Rimefax._
HRÍMÞURSAR [Anglo-Sax. _hrîm_; Eng. _rime_, hoar-frost]. Rime-giants or
frost-giants, who dwell under one of Ygdrasil’s roots. _Giants._
HROÐVITNIR. A wolf; father of the wolf Hate. _Hrodvitner._
HROPTR. One of Odin’s names. _Hropt._
HRUNGNIR. A giant; friend of Hymer. Thor fought with him and slew him.
_Hrungner._
HRINGHORNI. The ship upon which Balder’s body was burned. _Hringhorn._
HROSSÞJÓFR [Horse-thief]. A giant. _Hrosthjof._
HUGINN [Mind]. One of Odin’s ravens. _Hugin._
HVERGELMIR [The old kettle]. The spring in the middle of Niflheim,
whence flowed the rivers Elivagar. The Northern Tartaros. _Hvergelmer._
HÝMIR. A giant with whom Thor went fishing when he caught the
Midgard-serpent. His wife was the mother of Tyr. Tyr and Thor went to
him to procure a kettle for Æger. _Hymer._
HYNDLA. A vala visited by Freyja, who comes to her to learn the
genealogy of her favorite Ottar. _Hyndla._
I
IÐAVÖLLR. A plain where the gods first assemble, where they establish
their heavenly abodes, and where they assemble again after Ragnarok. The
plains of Ide. _Idavold._
IÐUNN. Daughter of the dwarf Ivald; she was wife of Brage, and the
goddess of early spring. She possesses rejuvenating apples of which the
gods partake. _Idun._
IFING. A river which divides the giants from the gods. _Ifing._
IMÐ. One of Heimdal’s nine giant mothers. _Imd._
ÍMR. A son of the giant Vafthrudner. _Im._
INGUNAR-FREYR. One of the names of Frey. _Ingun’s Frey._
INNSTEINN. The father of Ottar Heimske; the favorite of Freyja.
_Instein._
ÍVALDI. A dwarf. His sons construct the ship Skidbladner. _Ivald._
J
JAFNHÁR [Equally high]. A name of Odin. _Evenhigh._ _Jafnhaar._
JÁLKR. A name of Odin (Jack the Giant-killer?). _Jalk._
JÁRNSAXA [Iron-chopper]. One of Heimdel’s nine giant mothers.
_Jarnsaxa._
JÁRNVIÐR [Iron-wood]. A wood east of Midgard, peopled by giantesses
called Jarnvids. This wood had iron leaves. _Jarnvid._
JÁRNVIÐIUR. The giantesses in the Iron-wood. _Jarnvids._
JÖRD. Wife of Odin and mother of Thor. Earth. _Jord._
JÖTUNN [Anglo-Sax. _eoten_]. A giant. The giants were the earliest
created beings. Tho gods question them in regard to Balder. Thor
frequently contends with them. Famous giants are: Ymer, Hymer, Hrungner,
Orvandel, Gymer, Skrymer, Vafthrudner and Thjasse. _Giant._
JÖTUNHEIMAR (plural). The Utgaard; the home of the giants in the
outermost parts of the earth. _Jotunheim._
K
KERLAUGAR (plural). Two rivers which Thor every day must cross.
_Kerlaug._
KÖRMT. Another river which Thor every day must pass. _Kormt._
KVÁSIR. The hostage given by the vans to the asas. His blood, when
slain, was the poetical mead kept by Suttung. _Kvaser._
L
LÆÐINGR. One of the fetters with which the Fenris-wolf was bound.
_Læding._
LÆRAÐR [Furnishing protection]. A tree near Valhal. _Lærad._
LANDVIÐI. [A mountain range overgrown with trees is _viði_.] Vidar’s
abode. The primeval forests. _Landvide._
LAUFEY [Leafy island]. Loke’s mother. _Laufey._
LEIFÞRASIR, LIF. The two persons preserved in Hodmimer’s grove during
Surt’s conflagration in Ragnarok; the last beings in the old and the
first in the new world. _Lif_ and _Lifthraser_.
LÉTTFETI [Light-foot]. One of the horses of the gods. _Lightfoot._
LITR. A dwarf that Thor kicked into Balder’s funeral pile. _Liter._
LODDFÁFNIR. A protégé of Odin. _Lodfafner._
LOÐURR [Compare Germ. _lodern_, to flame]. One of the three gods (Odin,
Hæner and Loder) who create Ask and Embla, the first man and woman. He
is identical with Loke. _Loder._
LOKI [Icel. _lúka_, to end, finish: Loke is the end and consummation of
divinity]. The evil giant-god of the Norse mythology. He steers the ship
Naglfar in Ragnarok. He borrows Freyja’s feather-garb and accompanies
Thor to the giant Thrym, who has stolen Thor’s hammer. He is the father
of Sleipner; but also of the Midgaard-serpent, of the Fenris-wolf and of
Hel. He causes Balder’s death, abuses the gods in Æger’s feast, but is
captured in Fraanangerforce and is bound by the gods. _Loke._
LOPTR [The aërial]. Another name of Loke. _Lopter._
M
MAGNI [_megin_, might, strength]. A son of Thor. _Magne._
MÁNI [Ulfilas _mêna_; Anglo-Sax. _môna_; Eng. _moon_]. Brother of Sol
(the sun, feminine), and both were children of the giant Mundilfare.
_Moon_ or _Maane_.
MARDÖLL or MARÞOLL. One of the names of Freyja. _Mardallar grátr_ (the
tears of Mardal), gold. _Mardal._
MÁNAGARMR [Moon-swallower]. A wolf of Loke’s offspring. He devours the
moon. _Maanegarm_ or _Moongarm_.
MANNHEIMAR (plural) [Homes of man]. Our earth. _Manheim._
MEILI. A son of Odin. _Meile._
MIÐGARÐR. [In Cumberland, England, are three farms: _High-garth_,
_Middle-garth_, _Low-garth_.] The mid-yard, middle-town, that is, the
earth, is a mythological word common to all the ancient Teutonic
languages. Ulfilas renders the Gr. [Greek: oikoumenê] by _midjungards_;
Heliand calls the earth _middil-gard_; the Anglo-Saxon homilies, instead
of earth, say _middan-geard_ (_meddlert_, Jamieson), and use the word us
an appellative; but the Icelandic Edda alone has preserved the true
mythical bearing of this old Teutonic word. The earth (Midgard), the
abode of men, is seated in the middle of the universe, bordered by
mountains and surrounded by the great sea (_ûthaf_); on the other side
of this sea is the Utgard (out-yard), the abode of the giants; the
Midgard is defended by the yard to burgh Asgard (the burgh of the gods)
lying in the middle (the heaven being conceived as rising above the
earth). Thus the earth and mankind are represented as a stronghold
besieged by the powers of evil from without, defended by the gods from
above and from within. _Midgard._
MIÐGARÐSORMR [The serpent of Midgaard]. The world-serpent hidden in the
ocean, whose coils gird around the whole Midgard. Thor once fishes for
him, and gets him on his hook. In Ragnarok Thor slays him, but falls
himself poisoned by his breath. _Midgard-serpent._
MÍMAMEIÐR. A mythic tree; no doubt the same as Ygdrasil. It derives its
name from Mimer, and means Mimer’s tree. _Mimameider._
MÍMIR. The name of the wise giant keeper of the holy well Mímis-brunnr,
the burn (bourn, brun) of Mimer, the well of wisdom, in which Odin
pawned his eye for wisdom; a myth which is explained as symbolical of
the heavenly vault with its single eye, the sun, setting in the sea. Is
the likeness of the word to the Latin _memor_ only accidental? The true
etymology of Mímir is not known. _Mimer._
MJÖLNIR. [The derivation from _mala_ or _mola_ (to crush) is, though
probable, not certain. The word may be akin to Goth. _milhma_, cloud;
Swed. _moln_; Dan. _mulm_; Norse _molnas_ (Ivor Aasen), to grow dark
from bands of clouds arising.] Thor’s formidable hammer. After Ragnarok,
it is possessed by his sons Mode and Magne. _Mjolner._
MISTILTEINN [Old High Germ. _mistil_; Germ. _mistel_; Anglo-Sax.
_mistel_ or _mistel-tâ_; Eng. _mistletoe_]. The mistletoe or
mistle-twig, the fatal twig by which Balder, the white sun-god, was
slain. After the death of Balder, Ragnarok set in. Balder’s death was
also symbolical of the victory of darkness over light, which comes every
year at midwinter. The mistletoe in English households at Christmas time
is no doubt a relic of a rite lost in the remotest heathendom, for the
fight of light and darkness at midwinter was a foreshadowing of the
final overthrow in Ragnarok. The legend and the word are common to all
Teutonic peoples of all ages. _Mistletoe._
MÓÐI [Courage]. A son of Thor. _Mode._
MÓÐSOGNIR. The dwarf highest in degree or rank. _Modsogner._
MÓINN. A serpent under Ygdrasil. _Moin._
MUNDILFARI. Father of the sun and moon. _Mundilfare._
MUNINN [Memory]. One of Odin’s ravens. _Munin._
MÚSPELL. The name of an abode of fire. It is peopled by _Múspells lýðir_
(the men of Muspel), a host of fiends, who are to appear at Ragnarok and
destroy the world by fire. _Muspel._ (See next word.)
MÚSPELLSHEIMR. The abode of Muspel. This interesting word (_Múspell_)
was not confined to the Norse mythology, but appears twice in the old
Saxon poem Heliand, thus: (1) _mutspelli cumit on thiustra naht, also
thiof ferit_ (_mutspelli_ comes in dusky night, as a thief fares,—that
is, But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night), and (2)
_mutspellis megin obar man ferit_ (the main of _mutspelli_ fares over
men). A third instance is an Old High German poem on the Last Day, thus:
_dâr ni mac denne mac andremo helfan vora demo muspille_ (there no man
can help another against the _muspel-doom_). In these instances _muspel_
stands for the _day of judgment_, _the last day_, and answers to
Ragnarok of the Norse mythology. The etymology is doubtful, for _spell_
may be the _weird_, _doom_, Lat. _fatum_; or it may be _spoil_,
_destruction_. The former part, _mús_ or _muod_, is more difficult to
explain. The Icelandic _mús_ is an assimilated form. _Muspelheim._
MÖKKURKÁLFI [_mökkr_ means a dense cloud]. A clay giant in the myth of
Thor and Hrungner. _Mokkerkalfe._
N
NAGLFAR [Nail-ship]. A mythical ship made of nail-parings. It appears in
Ragnarok. _Naglfar._ _Nailship._
NÁL [Needle]. Mother of Loke. _Naal._
NANNA. Daughter of Nep (bud); mother of Forsete and wife of Balder. She
dies of grief at the death of Balder. _Nanna._
NARI or NARFI. Son of Loke. Loke was bound by the intestines of Nare.
_Nare_ or _Narfe_.
NÁSTRÖND [The shore of corpses]. A place of punishment for the wicked
after Ragnarok. _Naastrand._
NIÐAFJÖLL. The Nida-mountains toward the north, where there is after
Ragnarok a golden hall for the race of Sindre (the dwarfs). NIDAFELL.
NIÐHÖGGR. A serpent of the nether world, that tears the carcases of the
dead. He also lacerates Ygdrasil. _Nidhug._
NIFLHEIMR [_nifl_; Old High Germ. _nibul_; Germ. _nebel_; Lat. _nebula_;
Gr. νεφέλη, mist, fog.] The world of fog or mist; the nethermost of the
rime worlds. The place of punishment (Hades). It was visited by Odin
when he went to inquire after the fate of Balder. _Niflheim._
NJÖRÐR. A van, vanagod. He was husband of Skade, and father of Frey and
Freyja. He dwells in Noatun. _Njord._
NÓATÚN [Place of ships]. Njord’s dwelling; Njord being a divinity of the
water or sea. _Noatun._
NORÐRI [North]. A dwarf presiding over the northern regions. _Nordre_ or
_North_.
NÓTT. Night; daughter of Norve. _Night._
NORN; plural NORNIR. The weird sisters; the three heavenly norns
(_parcæ_, fates) Urd, Verdande, and Skuld (Past, Present, and Future);
they dwelt at the fountain of Urd, and ruled the fate of the world.
Three norns were also present at the birth of every man and cast the
weird of his life. _Norn._
O
ÓÐINN [Anglo-Sax. _Wodan_; Old High Germ. _Wodan_]. Son of Bor and
Bestla. He is the chief of the gods. With Vile and Ve he parcels out
Ymer. With Hœner and Loder he creates Ask and Embla. He is the
fountain-head of wisdom, the founder of culture, writing and poetry, the
progenitor of kings, the lord of battle and victory. He quaffs with Saga
in Sokvabek. He has two ravens, two wolves and a spear. His throne is
Hlidskjalf, from where he looks out over all the worlds. In Ragnarok he
is devoured by the Fenris-wolf. _Odin._
ÓÐR. Freyja’s husband. _Oder._
ÓÐRŒRIR [The spirit-mover]. One of the vessels in which the blood of
Kvaser, that is, the poetic mead, was kept. The inspiring nectar.
_Odrœrer._
OFNIR. A serpent under Ygdrasil. _Ofner._
ÓKÓLNIR [Not cool]. After Ragnarok the giants have a hall (ale-_hall_)
called Brimer, at Okolner.
ÖKU-ÞÓRR [Icel. _aka_; Lat. _agere_; Gr. ἄγειν (compare English _yoke_),
to drive, to ride]. A name of Thor as a charioteer. _Akethor._
ÓSKI [Wish]. A name of Odin. _Oske._ _Wish._
OTR [OTTER]. A son of Hreidmar; in the form of an otter killed by Loke.
_Oter._
ÓTTARR or ÓTTARR HEIMSKI [Stupid]. A son of Instein, a protégé of
Freyja. He has a contest with Angantyr. Hyndla gives him a cup of
remembrance. _Ottar._
R
RAGNARÖK [_ragna_, from _regin_, god; _rök_ may be Old High Germ.
_rahha_, sentence, judgment, akin to _rekja_; _rök_, from _rekja_, is
the whole development from creation to dissolution, and would, in this
word, denote the dissolution, doomsday, of the gods; or it may be from
_rökr_ (_reykkr_, smoke), twilight, and then the word means the twilight
of the gods.] The last day; the dissolution of the gods and the world.
_Ragnarok._
RÁN [Rob]. The goddess of the sea; wife of Æger. _Ran._
RATATOSKR. A squirrel that runs up and down the branches of Ygdrasil.
_Ratatosk._
RATI. An auger used by Odin in obtaining the poetic mead. _Rate._
REGINN. Son of Hreidmar; brother of Fafner and Otter. _Regin._
RINDR [Eng. _rind_, crust]. A personification of the hard frozen earth.
Mother of Vale. The loves of Odin and Rind resemble those of Zeus and
Europa in Greek legends. _Rind._
RÖSKVA. The name of the maiden follower of Thor. She symbolizes the ripe
fields of harvest. _Roskva._
S
SÆHRÍMNIR [_sær_, sea; _hrímnir_, rime-producer]. The name of the boar
on which the gods and heroes in Valhal constantly feed. _Sæhrimner._
SAGA [History]. The goddess of history. She dwells in Sokvabek. _Saga._
SESSRÚMNIR [Seat-roomy]. Freyja’s large-seated palace. _Sesrumner._
SÍÐSHÖTTR [Long-hood]. One of Odin’s names, from his traveling in
disguise with a large hat on his head hanging down over his face.
_Sidhat._
SÍÐSKEGGR [Long-beard]. One of Brage’s names. It is also a name of Odin
in the lay of Grimner. _Sidskeg._
SIF. The wife of Thor and mother of Uller. [Ulfilas _sibja_; Anglo-Sax.
_sib_; Eng. gos-_sip_, god-_sib_; Heliand _sibbia_; Old High Germ.
_sibba_; Germ. _sippe_. The word denotes affinity.] Sif, the
golden-haired goddess, wife of Thor, betokens mother earth with her
bright green grass. She was the goddess of the sanctity of the family
and wedlock, and hence her name. _Sif._
SIGFAÐÍR [Father of victory]. A name of Odin. _Sigfather._
SIGYN. Loke’s wife. She holds a basin to prevent the venom from dropping
into Loke’s face. _Sigyn._
SILFRINTOPPR [Silver-tuft]. One of the horses of the gods. _Silvertop._
SINDRI. One of the most famous dwarfs. _Sindre._
SINIR [Sinew]. One of the horses of the gods. _Siner._
SJÖFN. One of the goddesses. She delights in turning men’s hearts to
love. _Sjofn._
SKAÐI [_scathe_, harm, damage]. A giantess; daughter of Thjasse and the
wife of Njord. She dwells in Thrymheim. Hangs a venom serpent over
Loke’s face. _Skade._
SKEIÐBRÍMIR [Race-runner]. One of the horses of the gods. _Skeidbrimer._
SKIÐBLAÐNIR. The name of the famous ship of the god Frey. _Skidbladner._
SKINFAXI [Shining-mane]. The horse of Day. _Skinfax._
SKÍRNIR [The bright one]. Frey’s messenger. _Skirner._
SKRÝMIR. The name of a giant; the name assumed by Utgard-Loke.
_Skrymer._
SKULD [Shall]. The norn of the future. _Skuld._
SKÖGUL. A valkyrie. _Skogul._
SLEIPNIR [The slipper]. The name of Odin’s eight-footed steed. He is
begotten by Loke with Svadilfare. _Sleipner._
SNOTRA [Neat]. The name of one of the goddesses. _Snotra._
SÖKKMÍMIR [Mimer of the deep]. A giant slain by Odin. _Sokmimer._
SÖKKVABEKKR. A mansion where Odin and Saga quaff from golden beakers.
_Sokvabek._
SÓL [Sun]. Daughter of Mundilfare. She drives the horses that draw the
car of the sun. _Sol._
SONR. One of the vessels containing the poetic mead. _Son._
SUDRI [South]. A dwarf presiding over the south region. _Sudre._
_South._
SURTR. A fire-giant in Ragnarok; contends with the gods on the plain of
Vigrid; guards Muspelheim. _Surt._
SUTTUNGR. The giant possessor of the poetic mead. _Suttung._
SVAÐILFARI. A horse; the sire of Sleipner. _Svadilfare._
SVAFNIR. A serpent under Ygdrasil. _Svafner._
SVALINN [Cooler]. The shield placed before the sun. _Svalin._
SVÁSUÐR [Delightful]. The name of a giant; the father of the sun.
_Svasud._
SÝN. A minor goddess. _Syn._
T
TÝR; genitive TYS, dative and accusative Tý. [Compare Icel. _tivi_, god;
_Twisco_ (_Tivisco_) in Tacitus’ _Germania_. For the identity of this
word with Sanscrit _dyaus_, _dívas_, heaven; Gr. Ζεύς (Διός); Lat.
_divus_, see Max Müller’s _Lectures on the Science of Language_, 2d
series, p. 425.] Properly the generic name of the highest divinity, and
remains in many compounds. In the mythology he is the one-armed god of
war. The Fenris-wolf bit one hand off him. He goes with Thor to Hymer to
borrow a kettle for Æger. He is son of Odin by a giantess. _Tyr._
Þ (TH).
ÞJÁLFI. The name of the servant and follower of Thor. The word properly
means a delver, digger (Germ. _delber_, _delben_, to dig). The names
Thjalfe and Roskva indicate that Thor was the friend of the farmers and
the god of agriculture. _Thjalfe._
ÞJAZI [ÞJASSI]. A giant; the father of Njord’s wife, Skade. His dwelling
was Thrymheim; he was slain by Thor. _Thjasse._
ÞÓRR. [Anglo-Sax. _þunor_; Eng. _thunder_; North Eng. _thunner_; Dutch
_donder_; Old High Germ. _donar_; Germ. _donner_; Helίand _thunar_;
Danish _tor_, in _tor_-den (compare Lat. _tono_ and _tonitrus_.) The
word _Þórr_ is therefore formed by absorption of the middle _n_, and
contraction of an old dissyllabic _þonor_ into one syllable, and is a
purely Scandinavian form; hence in Anglo-Saxon charters or diplomas it
is a sure sign of forgery when names compounded with _þur_- appear in
deeds pretending to be of a time earlier than the Danish invasion in the
ninth century; although in later times they abound. The English
_Thursday_ is a later form, in which the phonetic rule of the
Scandinavian tongue has been followed; but perhaps it is a North English
form]. The god of thunder, keeper of the hammer, the ever-fighting
slayer of trolls and destroyer of evil spirits, the friend of mankind,
the defender of the earth, the heavens and the gods; for without Thor
and his hammer the earth would become the helpless prey of the giants.
He was the consecrator, the hammer being the cross or holy sign of the
ancient heathen, hence the expressive phrase on a heathen Danish runic
stone: _Þurr vigi þassi runar_ (Thor consecrate these runes!) Thor was
the son of Odin and Fjorgyn (mother earth); he was blunt, hot-tempered,
without fraud or guile, of few words and ready stroke—such was Thor, the
favorite deity of our forefathers. The finest legends of the Younger
Edda and the best lays of the Elder Edda refer to Thor. His hall is
Bilskirner. He slays Thjasse, Thrym, Hrungner, and other giants. In
Ragnarok he slays the Midgard-serpent, but falls after retreating nine
paces, poisoned by the serpent’s breath. _Thor._
ÞRIÐI [Third]. A name of Odin in Gylfaginning. _Thride._
ÞRÚÐGELMIR. The giant father of Bergelmer. _Thrudgelmer._
ÞRÚÐHEIMR or ÞRÚÐVANGR. Thor’s abode. _Thrudheim_; _Thrudvang_.
ÞRÚÐR. The name of a goddess; the daughter of Thor and Sif. _Thrud._
ÞRYMHEIMR. Thjasse’s and Skade’s dwelling. _Thrymheim._
ÞRYMR. The giant who stole Thor’s hammer and demanded Freyja for it.
_Thrym._
ÞÖKK. The name of a giantess (supposed to have been Loke in disguise) in
the myth of Balder. She would not weep for his death. _Thok._
U
ÚLFRÚN. One of Heimdal’s nine giant mothers. _Ulfrun._
ULLR. The son of Sif and stepson of Thor. His father is not named. He
dwells in Ydaler. _Uller._
URÐARBRUNNR. The fountain of the norn Urd. The Urdar-fountain. The weird
spring.
URÐR [Anglo-Sax. _wyrd_; Eng. _weird_; Heliand _wurth_]. One of the
three norns. The norn of the past, that which has been. _Urd._
ÚTGARÐAR [The out-yard]. The abode of the giant Utgard-Loke. _Utgard._
ÚTGARÐA-LOKI. The giant of Utgard visited by Thor. He calls himself
Skrymer. _Utgard-Loke._
V
VAFÞRÚÐNIR. A giant visited by Odin. They try each other in questions
and answers. The giant is defeated and forfeits his life. _Vafthrudner._
VALASKJÁLF. One of Odin’s dwellings. _Valaskjalf._
VALFÖÐR [Father of the slain]. A name of Odin. _Valfather._
VALGRIND. A gate of Valhal. _Valgrind._
VALHÖLI. [The hall of the slain. Icel. _valr_; Anglo-Sax. _wœl_, the
slain]. The hall to which Odin invited those slain in battle. _Valhal._
VALKYRJA [The chooser of the slain]. A troop of goddesses, handmaidens
of Odin. They serve in Valhal, and are sent on Odin’s errands.
_Valkyrie._
VALI. Brother of Balder. Slays Hoder when only one night old. Rules with
Vidar after Ragnarok. _Vale._
VALI. A son of Loke. _Vale._
VALTAMR. A fictitious name of Odin’s father. _Valtam._
VÉ. A brother of Odin (Odin, Vile and Ve). _Ve._
VEGTAMR. A name assumed by Odin. _Vegtam._
VANAHEIMAR. The abode of the vans. _Vanaheim._
VANR; plural VANIR. Those deities whose abode was in Vanaheim, in
contradistinction to the asas, who dwell in Asgard: Njord, Frey and
Freyja. The vans waged war with the asas, but were afterwards, by virtue
of a treaty, combined and made one with them. The vans were deities of
the sea. _Van._
VÉORR [Defender]. A name of Thor. _Veor._
VERÐANDI [from _verða_, to become; Germ. _werden_]. The norn of the
present, of that which is.
VESTRI. The dwarf presiding over the west region. _Vestre._ _West._
VIÐARR. Son of Odin and the giantess Grid. He dwells in Landvide. He
slays the Fenris-wolf in Ragnarok. Rules with Vale after Ragnarok.
_Vidar._
VÍGRIÐR [Icel. _víg_; Ulfilas _wiahjo_, μάγη, a fight, a battle]. The
field of battle where the gods and the sons of Surt meet in Ragnarok.
_Vigrid._
VÍLI. Brother of Odin and Ve. These three sons of Bor and Bestla
construct the world out of Ymer’s body. _Vile._
VÍMUR. A river that Thor crosses. _Vimer._
VINDSVALR [Wind-cool]. The father of winter. _Vindsval._
VINDHEIMR [Wind-home]. The place that the sons of Balder and Hoder are
to inhabit after Ragnarok. _Vindheim._ _Wind-home._
VIN-GÓLF [The mansion of bliss]. The palace of the asynjes. _Vingolf._
VINGÞÓRR. A name of Thor. _Vingthor._
VÓR. The goddess of betrothals and marriages. _Vor._
Y
ÝDALIR. Uller’s dwelling. _Ydaler._
YGGR. A name of Odin. _Ygg._
YGGDRASILL [The bearer of Ygg (Odin)]. The world-embracing ash tree. The
whole world is symbolized by this tree. _Ygdrasil._
ÝMIR. The huge giant in the cosmogony, out of whose body Odin, Vile and
Ve created the world. The progenitor of the giants. He was formed out of
frost and fire in Ginungagap. _Ymer._
INDEX.
A
Aachen, 92.
Aage, 397.
Aarvak, 159, 177, 178, 259.
Acts of the Apostles, 25.
Adam, 82, 390, 436.
Adelsten, Hakon, 110.
Adonis, 53.
Æger, 39, 40, 98, 110, 123, 247, 274, 322, 323, 327, 337, 338, 343-349,
372, 377, 381, 397-399.
Æschylus, 78.
Afternoon, 180.
Agder, 363.
Agnar, 122, 156.
Ahriman, 81.
Alexander, 88, 96.
Ale, 382.
Alfheim, 186, 348.
Allfather, 49, 182, 193, 216, 434.
Alsvinn, 159, 177, 178.
Alsvin, 259.
Alvis, 124.
America, American, etc., 34, 52, 59, 74, 92, 94, 96, 113, 128, 208,
308, 309, 401.
Amsvartner, 384.
Andunson (Thorgeir), 202.
Andhrimner, 263, 264.
Andvare, 344, 376, 377, 381.
Angantyr, 365, 366.
Angerboda, 373, 382, 419, 420.
Anglo-Saxon, 23, 36, 43, 47, 48, 72, 74, 75, 79, 117, 126, 165, 177,
223, 230, 233, 240, 298, 308, 309, 347, 373.
Annar, 178, 237.
Aphrodite, 53, 413.
Apollo, 40.
Arab, 309.
Argos, 72, 87.
Asa-bridge, 189, 301.
Asaheim, 54, 187, 208.
Asas (a people), 232.
Asgard, 35, 36, 38, 40, 101, 123, 126, 182, 185, 217, 221, 233, 234,
250, 274-277, 287, 289, 300, 302, 303, 308, 323, 332, 337, 392, 429.
Asia, 81.
Ask, 82, 100, 183, 185, 187, 196.
Atle, 377, 396.
Athens, 59, 92.
Aud, 156, 178.
Audhumbla, 173, 174, 195.
Augustus, 71, 89.
Aurboda, 352.
Aurgelmer, 173, 174, 194.
Austre, 183.
Avon, 78.
B
Babel, 82, 175.
Balder, 29, 39, 49, 53, 54, 57, 60, 64, 65, 82, 84, 90, 96, 98, 106,
109, 110, 113, 121, 123, 124, 185, 186, 189, 193, 208, 222, 229,
237-239, 241, 243, 244, 270, 272, 277-297, 356, 369, 375, 388, 390,
391, 394, 397, 407, 409, 415, 425, 426, 429, 432-434.
Barleycorn (John), 351.
Bascom (Dr. John), 17, 114.
Bauge, 249.
Bele, 345, 354, 423.
Beowulf, 36, 43, 47, 126, 131.
Bergelmer, 173-175, 194.
Berghild, 210.
Berzelius, 28.
Bestla, 174, 254.
Beyla, 357, 399.
Bifrost, 98, 101, 181, 186, 189, 272, 301, 418.
Bil, 182.
Billing, 242.
Bilskirner, 186, 298, 300.
Bjarkemaal, 62.
Björnson (Björnstjerne), 95.
Black Plague, 389.
Black Sea, 82.
Bleking, 226.
Blicher, 402.
Blodughadda, 347.
Boccaccio, 126.
Bodn, 247, 249.
Bolthorn, 174, 254.
Bolverk, 149, 249, 252.
Bor, 174-176, 183.
Boston, 386.
Bous, 244.
Boyesen (Hjalmar Hjorth), 18, 267.
Braalund, 210.
Brage, 90, 96-98, 123, 126, 159, 185, 220, 240 (the skald), 247, 259,
270, 273-278, 369, 398, 399.
Brand, 363.
Breidablik, 186, 279.
Brimer, 430, 434.
Brisingamen, 331, 364, 374, 375.
Brok, 106, 220, 221.
Brynhild, 48, 118, 200, 377, 381, 388, 435.
Bugge (Sophus), 116.
Bull (Ole), 96, 202.
Bure, 174.
Burns (Robert), 351.
Bygver, 350, 351.
Byleist, 374, 375, 422.
Bylgja, 347.
Byrger, 182.
Byzantium, 244.
C
Cambridge (Eng.), 72.
Carpenter (Dr. S. H.), 17, 75.
Carthage, 240.
Carlyle, 27, 37, 47, 54, 69, 72, 205, 266, 336.
Caspian Sea, 82, 232.
Castalian fountain, 72, 97.
Catholic church, 31, 43, 49, 205, 393.
Cato, 88.
Charlemagne, 42.
Chicago, 386.
Christ, 31, 39, 41, 42, 49, 57, 82.
Christian, Christianity, etc., 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40,
42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 62, 70, 79, 94, 95, 113, 115, 128, 163, 201,
205, 265, 308, 335, 336, 394, 435.
Cicero, 89.
Clarendon press, 72.
Cleasby (Richard), 72.
Colfax, 363.
Cologne, 92.
Constantinople, 65, 92.
Cornwall (Barry) 28, 273.
Correggio, 294.
Creation, 60, 171-187.
Cupid, 367.
D
Daain, 190, 255.
Dan, 105.
Danaides, 64.
Dane, Danish, Denmark, etc., 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 60, 72,
83, 108, 233, 240, 322, 347.
Dante, 381.
Danube, 69.
Darwin, 199.
Dasent, 35, 36, 47, 48, 50, 51, 72, 205.
Day, 178, 179, 237.
Decameron, 126.
Declaration of Independence, 92, 129.
Delling, 178, 179, 258.
Delphi, 57.
Demeter, 236, 237, 359.
Demosthenes, 77.
Deucalion, 56.
Dido, 240.
Dorothea, 403-407.
Draupner, 106, 217, 220-223, 238, 288, 289, 299.
Drome, 383, 384.
Duneyr, 190.
Durathror, 190.
Durin, 183, 184.
Dutch, 43, 95.
Duva, 347.
Dvalin, 105, 190, 255.
Dwarfs, 27, 29, 98, 99, 101, 102-109, 175.
E
Edda (Elder), 116-125.
Edda (Younger), 125-127.
Edinburgh, 72.
Egder, 420, 421.
Egil, 326.
Egil Skallagrimson, 367, 394.
Egyptians, 23.
Eikthyrner, 263.
Eir, 241.
Elder, 347, 398.
Eldhrimner, 263, 264.
Elektra, 53.
Elivagar, 97, 172, 173, 305, 307, 323.
Elle, 320, 322.
Ellida, 345.
Else, 397.
Elves, 201.
Elvidner, 382.
Embla, 82, 183, 185, 187, 196.
England, English, etc., 23, 34, 35, 40, 42, 43-48, 52, 59, 65, 71, 72,
74, 75, 76, 78, 92, 113, 118, 119, 128, 129, 165, 205, 208, 233,
301, 308, 309, 347, 348, 360, 389.
Ennius, 89.
Erik Blood-ax, 392.
Eros, 69.
Etrurian, 74.
Europe, European, etc., 35, 48, 49, 51, 52, 59, 68, 71, 75, 77, 92, 99,
111, 113, 120, 129, 164, 233, 327, 360, 389.
Euxinus, 232.
Eve, 82, 390, 436.
Evening, 180.
Eyjafjord, 361.
Eyvind Skaldespiller, 392.
F
Fafner, 375, 377-380, 388.
Fairfax (Harald), 26, 48, 49, 361, 363.
Falhofner, 189.
Farbaute, 374, 375.
Fengr, 219.
Fenris-wolf, 25, 53, 271, 338, 350, 366, 373, 375, 382-387, 402, 409,
414, 417-419, 425-429.
Fensal, 186, 237, 285, 290.
Fimbul-winter, 416.
Fjalar, 133, 247, 248, 250.
Fjolner, 219, 351.
Fjorgyn, 123, 236, 237, 423.
Folkvang, 186, 364, 367, 393.
Forenoon, 180.
Forsete, 185, 186, 296, 297.
Forseteland, 297.
Fortuna, 308.
Fraananger Force, 399.
France, French, etc., 34, 41, 42, 48, 65, 75, 92, 113, 155, 232.
Frank, 48, 309.
Freke, 219, 220.
Frey, 46, 98, 104, 106, 108, 109, 122, 165, 185, 200, 221, 231, 237,
239, 274, 288, 301, 341, 348-363, 369, 414, 418, 423, 426.
Freyja, 110, 123, 125, 165, 186, 215, 224-226, 237-239, 274, 276, 288,
303, 308, 328-334 341, 348, 352, 364-368, 374, 394.
Friday, 237, 367, 420.
Fridthjof, 344-346, 360, 396.
Frigg, 53, 98, 121-123, 186, 222, 231, 236-241, 245, 259, 274, 279-281,
285-290, 294, 310, 364, 422, 425.
Frisians, 87.
Frye (W. E.), 322.
Fulla, 110, 238, 274, 289, 295.
Funen, 233, 240, 241.
Funfeng, 347, 398.
G
Gagnraad, 121, 227, 424, 425.
Gaia, 236, 237.
Galar, 247, 248.
Ganglere, 174, 195, 436.
Gardrofa, 239.
Garm, 419-424.
Gausta-fjeld, 33, 66.
Gaut, 228.
Gefjun, 123, 240, 241, 274.
Gefn, 365.
Geirrod, 122, 228, 310-312, 337, 374, 375.
Gelgja, 385.
Genesis, 55, 89, 272.
Gerd, 122, 200, 274, 351-360, 414.
Gere, 219, 220.
German, Germany, etc., 34, 35, 39-49, 59, 72-75, 79, 118, 119, 126,
196, 203, 233, 270, 277, 298, 309, 327, 352, 364, 403.
Gerseme, 364.
Giants, 29, 36, 38-40, 56, 60, 84, 86, 98, 102, 104, 105, 172, 173.
Gibraltar, 69.
Gilling, 247, 248.
Gimle, 54, 101, 128, 185, 187, 269, 393, 430, 434.
Ginungagap, 56, 66, 98, 171, 172, 175, 188.
Gisl, 189.
Gisle Surson, 361.
Gjallar-bridge, 187, 208, 288, 289.
Gjallar-horn, 188, 230, 272, 418, 421.
Gjalp, 311.
Gjol, 172, 187, 288, 385.
Gjake, 380.
Gladsheim, 98, 182, 231, 261, 262.
Glaser, 262.
Gleipner, 271, 384.
Glener, 177.
Glitner, 186, 296, 297.
Glommen, 103.
Glum, 361, 362.
Gnaa, 238, 239, 245.
Gnipa-cave, 419-425.
Gnipa-heller, 387.
Gnipa-heath, 377.
God (the supreme), 24-34, 49, 54, 62, 66, 80, 119, 173, 272, 294, 368,
415, 431, 435.
Goethe, 40, 292.
Goin, 190.
Golden Age, 183.
Goldfax, 302-309.
Goldtop, 189, 272, 288.
Gondul, 267.
Gothic, 23, 33, 42-47, 51, 61, 62, 71, 73, 74, 78, 79, 94, 95, 111-114,
117, 125-129, 165, 205, 208, 235, 273, 308, 327, 370, 371, 390, 395,
407, 408, 415, 436.
Graabak, 191.
Grafvitner, 190.
Grafvollud, 191.
Gram, 155, 377, 378.
Grane, 159, 259, 381.
Greek, Greece, etc., 23-25, 51-79, 81, 87-89, 92, 97, 111-119, 192,
193, 198, 237, 240, 245, 253, 254, 273, 291, 308, 309, 339, 361,
369, 370, 413.
Greenland, 65, 92.
Greip, 311.
Grid, 310, 311, 337, 433.
Gridarvold, 310.
Grimm (the brothers), 35, 39, 45, 86, 240, 352.
Grimner, 90, 122, 176, 178, 181, 219, 220, 227-231, 261, 272, 279, 296,
298, 358, 364.
Grjottungard, 303-307.
Groa, 305-309.
Grundtvig, 16, 19, 60, 227, 240.
Gudrun, 377, 381.
Gullinburste, 106, 288, 301, 348, 363.
Gungner, 159, 220-224, 259, 418.
Gunlad, 91, 132, 148, 149, 200, 246-253.
Gunnar Helming, 362, 388.
Gylfaginning, 126.
Gylfe, 126, 233, 234, 240, 436.
Gymer, 347, 350-359.
H
Haar, 91, 194, 195.
Hagbard, 367.
Hakon, 267-270, 386, 394.
Hákonarmál, 392.
Halfdan Gamle, 365.
Hallfred, 44.
Hallinskide, 271.
Hamarsheimt, 110, 328-336.
Hamder, 62.
Hamlet, 78.
Hamskerper, 239.
Harald Haardraade, 92.
Harald Haarfager. See Fairfax.
Harbard, 122, 123.
Hate Hrodvitneson, 179, 181.
Hauch, 60.
Hávamál, 120, 128-155, 163, 241, 244, 250, 251.
Hebe, 436.
Hebrews, 76, 77, 89.
Hedrik, 363.
Hefring, 347.
Heiddraupner, 159.
Heidrun, 263.
Heimdal, 53, 84, 93, 101, 102, 171, 185-189, 208, 230, 270-273, 288,
331, 357, 366, 369, 375, 419-431.
Heimskringla, 50, 82, 125, 232.
Hekla (Mt.), 34, 100.
Hel, Helheim, Helgate, etc., 63, 84, 124, 128, 172, 187, 200, 205, 208,
229, 238, 270, 280-283, 287-290, 295, 373, 375, 380, 382, 387-397,
409, 415, 418-432.
Helblinde, 374, 375.
Helge, 49, 210, 363, 396.
Helgoland, 297.
Hengist, 48, 233.
Hera, 87, 245.
Herbert, 352.
Hercules, 65, 78, 92, 119, 436.
Hermes, 361.
Hermion, 57.
Hermod, 91, 216, 270, 287-289.
Herodotus, 77, 88.
Hesiod, 118.
Himinbjorg, 186, 272.
Himinbrjoter, 324.
Himinglœfa, 346.
Hindoos, 23, 53, 81.
Hjalmgunnar, 156.
Hjaltalin, 72.
Hjuke, 182.
Hler, 347.
Hlidskjalf, 185, 187, 231, 237, 352, 399.
Hlin, 238, 422, 425.
Hlodyn, 236, 237, 423.
Hnikar, 218.
Hnos, 364.
Hoddropner, 159.
Hoder, 29, 82, 84, 185, 270, 280, 284, 286, 290-292, 388, 414, 429,
432, 434.
Hodmimer, 429, 433.
Hœner, 81, 183, 185, 196, 215, 275, 342, 375, 391, 429-433.
Hofud, 272.
Hofvarpner, 238, 239.
Holstein, 83, 233.
Homer, 52, 77, 88, 89, 116, 118, 119, 267.
Horn, 365.
Horsa, 48, 233.
Howitts (William and Mary), 80, 118.
Hræsvelger, 181, 182, 197.
Hrap, 394.
Hraudung, 310.
Hreidmar, 375-377.
Hrimfaxe, 178, 179.
Hrimner, 244.
Hropt, 158, 261, 429.
Hroptatyr, 228, 258.
Hrotte, 381.
Hrungner, 91, 199, 200, 301-310, 324.
Hrym, 39, 418, 422.
Hvergelmer, 172, 187, 188, 190, 208, 263, 434.
Huge, 317-321.
Hugin, 29, 219, 227.
Hulder, 201.
Humber, 40.
Hunding, 218, 219.
Hymer, 39, 101, 123, 199, 322-328, 344, 397.
Hyndla, 24, 54, 124, 215, 365, 366, 431.
Hyrroken, 287.
I
Ibsen, 95.
Iceland, 25, 34-50, 65, 72, 75, 77, 81, 92, 116, 117, 126, 129, 227,
290, 295, 296, 347, 361-364, 367, 373, 384.
Ida’s Plains, 428, 429.
Idavold, 182-187.
Idun, 90, 98, 109, 123, 273-278, 339, 369, 374, 375, 409.
Ifing, 187.
Iliad, 89, 116, 264.
India, 81, 116.
Ingeborg, 344, 366.
Ingemund, 25, 361, 363.
Ingun, 351.
Ingve, 267.
Instein, 365.
Io, 87.
Iris, 53, 273.
Iron post, 403-407.
Italy, 15, 75, 92.
Ivald, 220, 227, 348.
Ixion, 63.
J
Jack the Giant-killer, 228.
Jafuhaar, 91, 196.
Jalk, 228.
Japhet, 83.
Jarnsaxa, 300-308.
Jarnved, 179, 180.
Jehovah. See God.
Jew, 33, 58.
Jochumson, 167.
Jonsson (Arngrim), 26.
Jord, 178, 236, 237.
Jormungander, 100, 101, 382, 387, 422.
Jotunheim, 38, 91, 101, 110, 177, 183, 184, 187, 196-198, 208, 209,
225, 226, 229, 240, 248, 276, 287, 302, 305, 313, 322, 329-332, 334,
337, 352, 354, 382, 421.
Judas, 82.
Judea, 57.
Jul, 357, 363.
Jupiter, 98, 300.
Jutland, 83, 233, 241.
K
Kadroma, 199.
Keightley (Thomas), 201-205.
Kerlaung, 189, 301.
Ketil, 362.
Keyser (Prof. R.), 47, 86, 126, 128, 130, 163, 164, 390.
Kjotve, 363.
Klio, 253.
Kolga, 347.
Kormt, 189, 301.
Kvaser, 91, 247, 248, 252, 253, 399.
L
Ladrones Islands, 38.
Laing (Samuel), 72, 129.
Laocoon, 327.
Latin, Rome, Roman, etc., 23, 31, 42-44, 49, 68, 71-79, 83, 84, 88-99,
113, 117, 119, 128, 165, 232, 235, 254, 201, 308, 309, 327, 328,
361.
Lanfey, 374, 375.
Lax-aa-dal, 367.
Leding, 383.
Lerad, 263.
Lif, 429, 433.
Lifthrase, 420, 433.
Lightfoot, 189.
Lincoln, 294.
Lit, 288.
Ljosalfahelm, 187.
Lodbrok (Regner), 267.
Loder, 81, 183, 185, 196, 215, 372, 373, 391, 432.
Lodfafner, 150-154.
Lofn, 238, 239, 368.
Loge, 317, 321.
Logrinn, 240.
Loire, 92.
Loke, 28, 29, 38, 65, 81-84, 98, 102-113, 123, 124, 185, 196, 220-226,
237, 260, 275-277, 281, 285, 286, 290, 292, 295, 301, 310-312, 317,
321, 322, 328-336, 338, 344, 349, 350, 351, 371-409, 414, 418-436.
London, 72.
Longfellow (H. W.), 96, 97, 99, 299.
Loptr, 105, 372, 373.
Lord’s Supper, 31.
Luther, 73, 309, 327, 328.
Lybia, 69.
Lynge, 218.
Lyngve, 384.
M
Maane, 177, 182.
Maane (Thorkel), 25, 26.
Maanegarm, 180, 417, 419, 420.
Macbeth, 296, 381.
Magna Charta, 92, 129.
Magne, 29, 300, 301, 305, 308, 309, 429, 432, 433.
Magnússon (E.), 72, 382.
Magnussen (Finn), 352.
Mallet, 232.
Mannaheim, 187.
Mannigfual, 87.
Mardal, 365.
Mars, 73, 89, 98.
Marsh (George P.), 76.
Mars’ Hill, 25.
Maurer (Konrad), 72.
Mediterranean Sea, 76, 347.
Megingjarder, 29, 299, 301, 310.
Meile, 306.
Meinert (H.), 403.
Mercurius, 360.
Mermaid, 204.
Merman, 204.
Midgard, 82, 98, 99, 175-179, 183, 187, 197, 224, 300, 419, 423.
Midgard-serpent, 53, 96, 123, 322-328, 375, 382, 387, 409, 417-419,
426, 428, 429.
Midnight, 180.
Millers, 28.
Milton, 69, 293.
Mimer, 69, 96, 98, 103, 159, 188, 189, 208, 209, 229, 230, 260, 344,
418, 421, 433.
Minerva, 307.
Mithridates, 83, 232.
Mjolner, 28, 79, 101-103, 110, 225, 288, 299, 301, 305, 308, 310, 312,
315, 326, 329, 374, 429, 433.
Mnemosyne, 53.
Mode, 300, 301, 429, 432, 433.
Modgud, 289.
Modsogner, 183, 184.
Möbius, 72.
Mæso-Gothic, 75, 206.
Moin, 190.
Mokkerkalfe, 91, 304-309.
Montesquieu, 129.
Morning, 180.
Morris (William), 72, 382.
Moses, Mosaic, 33, 70, 79, 89, 198, 394.
Müller (Max), 47, 74.
Munch (P. A.) 47.
Mundilfare, 177, 178.
Munin, 29, 53, 219, 227.
Muspel, 181, 350, 354, 418, 422, 425.
Muspelheim, 54, 56, 98, 172, 175, 176, 187, 193, 425, 427.
N
Naastrand, 62, 99, 100, 128, 393, 430, 434.
Naglfar, 178, 417, 418, 422.
Nal, 374, 375.
Nanna, 84, 90, 98, 106, 109, 113, 222, 238, 239, 274, 287, 289, 294,
296, 369, 394.
Nare, or Narfe, 382, 400.
Necks, 203.
Nep, 288, 294.
Nere, 211.
Newtons, 28.
Nida-mountains, 430, 431, 434, 435.
Nidhug, 187, 188, 190, 208, 431-435.
Niebelungen-Lied, 43, 47, 118, 126.
Niflheim, 56, 98, 124, 172, 187, 188, 194, 208, 220, 264, 280, 282,
382, 387, 416.
Niflhel, 389.
Night, 177-179.
Niobe, 57.
Nisses, 203.
Nix, 105.
Njal, 394.
Njord, 123, 185, 186, 200, 231, 239, 274, 277, 333, 341-364, 432.
Noah, 55, 82, 83.
Noatun, 186, 333, 341-343.
Noon, 180.
Nordre, 183.
Normandy, 48, 92.
Norns, 62, 109, 205.
North American Review, 265.
North Sea, 34, 37.
Norve, 177, 179.
Nottingham, 39.
Numa Pompilius, 74.
O
Odense, 233.
Oder, 226, 364-368.
Odin, 24, 26, 29, 35, 40, 49, 53-56, 74, 81-84, 87, 90, 91, 96, 98,
101, 103, 106, 108-113, 116, 120-130, 144, 147, 149, 155-159, 163,
165, 171, 174, 175, 182-189, 193-200, 206, 209, 215-300, 302, 303,
308, 309, 326, 332, 335-339, 347-351, 358, 362-369, 372-376,
382-395, 398-402, 408, 409, 414, 418-434.
Odrœrer, 140, 247-254.
Oehlenschlæger, 95, 108, 322.
Oersted, 28.
Ofner, 191, 228.
Okeanos, 53, 347.
Okolner, 430, 434.
Olaf Geirstada-alf, 389.
Olaf in Lax-aa-dal, 367.
Olaf the Saint, 335, 336.
Ole, 382.
Oller, 244.
Olympos, 53, 54.
Ormt, 189, 301.
Orvandel, 305-307.
Orvar-Odd, 367.
Ottar, 365, 366.
Otté (E. C.), 165.
Oxford, 72.
P
Pæstum, 118.
Paganism, 42, 49.
Palestine, 65.
Pan, 339.
Paris, 92.
Parnassos, 56, 72.
Paul (the apostle), 25, 394.
Pegasos, 227, 308.
Penates, 361.
Pennock (Barclay), 390.
Persephone, 359.
Persia, 81, 396.
Peter, 394.
Petersen (N. M.), 47, 116, 117, 291, 402, 435.
Plato, 77.
Plautus, 89.
Pluto, 81.
Pompey, 83, 232.
Pontus, 83, 232, 347.
Proserpina, 360.
Psyche, 69.
Pyrrha, 56.
Pythia, 57.
Q
Quirinus, 74.
R
Rafnagud, 219.
Rafnkel, 363.
Ragnarok, 25, 60, 61, 66, 84, 96, 100, 102, 120, 123, 230, 272, 273,
285, 338, 339, 351, 354, 366, 386, 387, 392-395, 401, 409, 413-427,
431.
Ran, 98, 103, 110, 245, 343-348, 376, 395.
Rask (Rasmus), 72, 82, 83.
Ratatosk, 190.
Rate, 148, 249-251.
Reformation, 129.
Regeneration, 428-436.
Regin, 375-379.
Reinbert, 403-407.
Rhine, 69, 92.
Ridel, 379, 380.
Rig, 124, 273.
Rind, 236-246, 280, 284, 433.
Ring (King), 346.
Ringhorn, 287, 295.
Rjukan Force, 66.
Rogner, 159, 259.
Rolf Ganger, 48.
Rolleif, 25.
Romance, 58, 70, 75.
Rome, Roman. See Latin.
Romulus, 73, 89.
Roskva, 300, 312, 313, 326.
Rosterus, 243.
Rosthiof, 243, 344.
Rouen 48.
Rudbek, 88.
Rune, 42, 50.
Runeburg, 293.
Rune Song, 254-259.
Runic Chapter, 155, 273.
Russia, 41, 92.
Ruthenians, 243.
S
Sabines, 73, 74.
Saga (Goddess), 186, 253, 369.
Sagas (Histories), 36, 38, 43, 44, 49, 72, 77, 88, 96, 126, 127,
218-223, 227, 235, 295, 360, 361.
Sæger, 182.
Sæhrimner, 69, 263, 264.
Sæming, 234.
Sæmund, 37, 38, 50, 116.
Sars (J. E.), 47.
Saturnus, 165.
Saxo Grammaticus, 82, 232, 243, 244.
Saxon, 40, 42, 48, 233, 240.
Scandinavian, Scandinavia, 34, 35, 40-47, 59, 72, 75, 89, 95, 96, 129,
201, 233.
Scotland, 39, 40, 75, 203.
Scheldt, 92.
Scythia, 232.
Seabold, 361.
Seine, 48, 92.
Seneca, 78.
Sesrumner, 186, 364.
Seva-fjeld, 396.
Shakespeare, 40, 52, 78, 79, 119, 222, 296, 366, 377, 381.
Sibylline, 89.
Sicily, 48.
Sif, 28, 29, 102, 103, 107-109, 220, 221, 300, 301, 303, 308, 333, 374,
375, 399.
Sigdrifa, 128, 129, 155-163, 230.
Sigfrid, 118.
Sigmund, 156, 216, 218, 392.
Sigrun, 396.
Sigtuna, 234, 235.
Sigurd, 48, 130, 155-163, 218, 219, 377-381, 388.
Sigyn, 111, 274, 375, 382, 401, 436.
Silfrintop, 189.
Simul, 182.
Sindre, 106, 107, 220, 221,
(Hall, 430, 434.)
Siner, 189.
Sisyphos, 64.
Siva, 81.
Sjofn, 238, 239, 368.
Skaane, 226.
Skade, 200, 277, 341-343, 352, 400, 401.
Skáldskaparmál, 126.
Skeidbrimer, 189.
Skidbladner, 34, 122, 220, 348.
Skilfing, 228.
Skinfaxe, 178, 179.
Skirner, 122, 231, 352-360, 384, 419.
Skjalf, 365.
Skjold, 83, 233, 365.
Skogul, 267, 268.
Skol, 179, 181.
Skrymer, 312-322, 371.
Skuld, 98, 110, 165, 189, 210, 265.
Sleipner, 159, 189, 217, 224-227, 259, 270, 280, 282, 287, 302, 308,
374, 408.
Slid, 387.
Slidrugtanne, 288, 348.
Snorre Sturleson, 38, 50, 82, 116, 125, 232.
Snotra, 238.
Socrates, 88, 368.
Sokmimer, 200.
Sokvabek, 186, 253.
Sol, 177.
Solomon, 89, 120.
Solon, 88.
Son, 247, 249.
Spanish, 38, 65, 75, 92.
Sparta, 59.
Spirit of Laws, 129.
Sterkodder, 199.
Stockholm, 234.
Stephens (George), 23.
Stephens (St.), 403-407.
Stromkarl, 96.
Sudre, 183.
Sulun, 82.
Surt, 172, 338, 351, 418-433.
Suttung, 148, 149, 248-252, 358.
Svadilfare, 224-226.
Svafner, 191, 228, 281.
Svalin, 177, 178.
Svartalf-heim, 187, 376, 384.
Svasud, 180, 182.
Svithjod, 82.
Svolner, 306.
Swedes, 34, 35, 41-47, 83, 126, 226, 233, 234, 240, 241, 244, 362.
Syn, 238, 239.
Syr, 365.
T
Tanais, 232.
Tanngnjost, 299.
Tanngrisner, 299, 301.
Tantalos, 63.
Tartaros, 60, 63.
Taylor, Bayard, 360.
Tegner, 95, 344, 346, 360.
Teutonic, 34-36, 41-52, 70-78, 90, 296, 309, 327, 328.
Thames, 48.
Thaumas, 53.
Theodolf, St., 265.
Thessalian, 57.
Thibet 199.
Thjalfe, 91, 300-326.
Thjasse, 275-277, 342, 352, 374.
Thjodolf of Hvin, 306, 393.
Thjodrœrer, 258.
Thok, 65, 290, 295, 389, 397, 407.
Thor, 26-29, 39, 40, 46, 49, 52, 53, 74, 79, 82, 84, 87, 91, 93, 96,
98-124, 165, 185-189, 220-226, 237, 267, 270, 287, 288, 298-339,
358, 362, 365, 369, 371, 374, 387, 395-400, 406, 418, 426, 429, 432,
433.
Thorgerd, 367.
Thorgrim, 361.
Thorkel, 361, 362.
Thorp, Benjamin, 46, 72.
Thorstein, 396.
Thorwald Krok, 362.
Thorwaldsen, Albert, 436.
Thride, 91, 196.
Throndhjem, 360-363.
Thrudgelmer, 173, 194.
Thrudheim, 186.
Thrudvang, 186, 298, 300, 305, 322, 335.
Thrung, 365.
Thrym, 39, 111, 123, 124, 200, 328-336, 365.
Thrymheim, 342, 343.
Thund (Odin), 228, 255.
Thvite, 386.
Tiberias, 92.
Tityos, 63.
Trent, 39.
Trier, 265.
Trinity, 81, 91.
Trolls, 202.
Troy, 118.
Tryggvesson, Olaf, 44, 360, 363.
Tuesday, 270.
Tver-aa, 361, 362.
Twilight of the gods. See Ragnarok.
Tyndall, 28.
Typhon, 413.
Tyr, 157, 165, 185, 267, 270, 271, 323, 326, 337, 349, 350, 383, 385,
414, 419.
U
Uller, 185, 186, 281, 300-306.
Ulfilas, 206.
United States, 65.
Upsala, 362.
Uranos, 236.
Urd, Urdar-fount, etc., 95, 98, 110, 149, 165, 169, 189, 190, 191, 208,
200, 301.
Utgard, 196, 315, 316.
Utgard-Loke, 316-325, 371.
V
Vafthrudner, 120, 121, 173-181, 227, 290, 291, 424, 425.
Vafud, 228.
Vak, 244.
Vaker, 228.
Valaskjalf, 231.
Vale, 185, 237, 245, 291, 338-340, 382, 400, 409, 429-433.
Valfather. See Odin.
Valhal, 60, 98, 108-112, 122, 128, 185, 215, 216, 224, 230, 231, 237,
261-269, 286, 290, 302-308, 365, 389-394, 415-420.
Valkyries, 69, 110, 112, 265-269.
Valtam, 280, 283.
Vanaheim, 187, 341.
Vandal, 79, 308.
Vanlande, King, 393.
Vans, 341-370.
Var, 238, 239, 334, 368.
Vasud, 180.
Vatnsdal, 361.
Ve, 56, 81, 91, 174, 175, 195, 215.
Vecha, 243, 244.
Vedfolner, 190.
Vedic, 52, 116.
Vegtam, 124, 227, 229, 241, 280-285.
Venus, 237, 308, 367.
Veor, 323.
Verdande, 98, 110, 165, 189, 209.
Vestre, 183.
Vidar, 185, 310, 333-340, 398, 419-433.
Vienna, 403-407.
Vidfin, 182.
Viga-glum, 361, 362.
Vigfusson, Gudbrand, 72.
Vigrid, 418, 425.
Vile, 56, 81, 84, 91, 174, 175, 195, 215, 259.
Vimer, 311.
Vindlone, 180.
Vindsval, 180, 181.
Vinland, 52, 65.
Vingolf, 183, 185, 216, 393.
Volsung and Volsung Saga, 217, 218, 322.
Volund, 124.
Völuspá, 120, 171, 176, 180-183, 209, 229, 230, 273, 290, 424, 431.
Von, 386.
Vonargander, 386.
Voring Force, 66.
W
Wagner, 199.
Welhaven, 95.
Wergeland, 95.
Wiener-wald, 403-407.
Wind-home, 429, 432.
Wisconsin, 245.
Y
Ydaler, 186, 302.
Ygdrasil, 74, 82, 86, 87, 94, 98, 120, 122, 188-191, 205-209, 217, 229,
254, 260, 299, 301, 370, 387, 418-421.
Ygg, 206, 228, 282.
Ymer, 40, 56, 66, 82, 96, 122, 125, 171-176, 183, 194-196, 215, 237,
414, 426.
Ynglings, 233.
Yngve, 233.
Z
Zealand, 240, 241.
Zendavista, 435.
Zeus, 53-56, 236, 245, 307, 413.
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