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NORSE MYTHOLOGY.


PART I.

THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE WORLD.


CHAPTER I.

THE CREATION.

Section i. The original condition of the world—Ginungagap.
Section ii. The origin of the giants—Ymer. Section iii.
The origin of the crow Audhumbla and the birth of the
gods—Odin, Vile and Ve. Section iv. The Norse deluge and
the origin of heaven and earth. Section v. The heavenly
bodies, time, the wind, the rainbow—The sun and moon—Hrimfaxe
and Skinfaxe—The seasons—The Elder Edda—Bil
and Hjuke. Section vi. The Golden Age—The origin
of the dwarfs—The creation of the first man and woman—The
Elder Edda. Section vii. The gods and their abodes.
Section viii. The divisions of the world, 171


CHAPTER II.

THE PRESERVATION.

The ash Ygdrasil—Mimer's fountain—Urd's fountain—The
norns or fates—Mimer and the Urdar-fountain—The
norns, 188


CHAPTER III.

EXEGETICAL REMARKS UPON THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION
OF THE WORLD.

Pondus iners—The supreme god—The cow Audhumbla—Trinity—The
Golden Age—Creation of man—The giants—The
gods kill or marry the giants—Elves and hulders—Trolls—Nisses
and necks—Merman and mermaid—Ygdrasil—Mimer's
fountain—The norns, 192