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Northern Antiquities:

OR,
A DESCRIPTION

OF THE
Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws

OF THE

ANCIENT DAN E S,
And other Northern Nations;

Including those of
Our own SAXON ANCESTORS.

WITH

A Translation of the EDDA, or
System of RUNIC MYTHOLOGY,

AND
OTHER PIECES
From the Ancient I S LANDIC Tongue.

In, TWO VOLUMES.

Mark Herr TRANSLATED
From Mons. MALLET's Introduction a l Histoire

de Dannemarc, &c.

With Additional Notes
By the English Translator,

A N D
Goranson's Latin Version of the EDDA,

VOLUME II.

LONDON:
Printed for T. CARNAN and Co. at No. 65. in
St. Paul's Church-yard.

MDCCLXX.

The Author's Introduction.

Page 1

The EDDA, or ANCIENT ICELANDIC (OR

RÚNIC) MYTHOLOGY.

P. I -

VI Z.

The Vision of Gylfe: and Illusions of Har.

i FABLE. Questions of Gangler.

P 7

2 FAB. Of the Burning of the World, and of Sur-

tur.

p. 13

3 FAB. Of the Cow dumla.

FAB.. How tbe fons of Bore made Heaven and

Earth.

5 FAB. Of the formation of Aske and Emla.

P. 18

p. 22

P. 28

.09-21-39 n 17.

6 FAB Of the Giant Nor.

p. 33

FAB. Of the Wory that leads to Heaven. p. 40

8 FAB.

CO N T E N T S.

p. 61

8 FAB. Of the Holy City, or Residence of the

Gods.

P: 49

9 FAB. Of the Cities which are in Heaven. p. 57

10 FAB. Of the Gods to be believed in.

11 FAB. Of the God Thor, the son of Odin. p. 65

12 FAB. Of the God Balder.

p. 70

13 FAB. Of the God Frey, and the Goddess Freya.

p. 76

14

FAB. Of the God Tyr.

P: 79

15 FAB. Of Heimdall, and some other Godso:

p. 82

16 FAB. Of Loke.

p. 85

17 Fab. Of the Wolf Fenris.

p. 90

18 FAB. Of the Goddesses.

FAB. Of Frey and Girde.

20 FAB. Of the Food of the Gods.

P. 105

21 FAB. Of the Horse Sleipner, and his origin.

p. 96

p. 102

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P. 116

22 FAB. Of the Ship of the Gods.

23 FAB. Of the God Thor.

P. 117

24 Fas. Of Thialfe's art.

p. 125

25 Fab. Of the Trials that Thor underwent.

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P. 126

26 FAB. The Illufions accounted for.

p. 129

27 FAB.