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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS.
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Chapter I.—The Restoration of Icelandic Literature, . 13
" II.—The Eddas and Sagas of Iceland, ... 42
" III.— ^The Discovery of America by the Northmen, 11
RELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN.
Introduction, 85
PART FIRST. DOGMAS OP THE ASA-FAITH.
Chapter I.—Origin of the World 89
" II.—Preservation of the 'World, .... 92
" III.—The Gods and their Abodes 93
" IV.—Propagation of Evil ; Decline and Fall of the
World, 98
" v.—The Destruction of the Gods and the World, 101
" VI.—Gimli and Ndstrond; Regeneration of the
World,
PART SECOND. EXPOSITION OF THE ASA-DOCTRINE.
Chapter VII.—Of the Interpretation of the Asa-Doctrine in
General, 105
VIII.—Of the Theory of Creation, . . 110
IX.—Of Tggdrasill, 117
" X.—Of the Mythic Divisions of the World, . 122
XI.—Of the Gods, 125
Xll.-SOf the Downfall of the World, ... 141
" XIII.—Of the State of Being after Death, . . 146
" XIV.—Of the Destruction and Regeneration of the
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Gods and the world, 151
XV.—General View 154