There was once a wizard whose name was Kunigseq.
One day, when he was about to call on his helping spirits and make a
flight down into the underworld, he gave orders that the floor should
be swilled with salt water, to take off the evil smell which might
otherwise frighten his helping spirits away.
Then he began to call upon his helping spirits, and without moving
his body, began to pass downward through the floor.
And down he went. On his way he came to a reef, which was covered with
weed, and therefore so slippery that none could pass that way. And
as he could not pass, his helping spirit lay down beside him, and by
placing his foot upon the spirit, he was able to pass.
And on he went, and came to a great slope covered with heather. Far
down in the underworld, men say, the land is level, and the hills are
small; there is sun down there, and the sky is also like that which
we see from the earth.