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278 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. furnislied by the penal decrees on that subject which are found in the a,ncient Norwegian church laws. But how strictly soever the laws of the church may have forbidden all practice of sorcery, there were still many Northmen who continued, for a long time after the fall of the Asa-faith, to look upon witchcraft as an art which it was profitable to cultivate.
eSploeing The FtmiEE. ^f9 CHAPTEK XXY. EXPLOKmO THE FUTTJEE ; DIVINATION. The investigation of tlie Future was most inti- mately connected with Sorcery. The heathen Northmen believed that there were means by which man could prevail on the Gods to make known their wiU, or to reveal things which otherwise, in the order of Nature, must remain hidden 'from the human understanding. This kind of inquiry was named, sometimes, fr6tt—an interrogation, investigation— (from fretta, to ask), and to undertake it was " at ganga til frettar," to consult the oracle ; and sometimes it was termed sp4, or plural, spdr— prophecy, divination^—and to make application to it was "at spyrja spa," to inquire out the prophecy'—or " at lySa spam," to listen to prophe- cies. Concerning the mode in which this kind of inquiry into the Future took place, our old manu- scripts give no special information. It appears to have been most usual for the explorer of the Future, while _ invoking or sacrificing to a deity, either to demand as a response some signal which he left to the God himself to decide upon, and which he
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CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS. PA
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TABLE Of the Sounds of some Iceland
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16 INTEODUCTIOJf. were engaged in t
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18 INTEODUCTION. 1689, the royal an
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20 INTEODtrCTION. ostentatious disp
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22 INTEODrrCTION. so antagonistic,
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24r INTEODTJOTION. to the antiquari
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26 mTEODUCTION. Northern Archaeolog
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28 INTRODUCTION. plete system of No
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30 INTEODirCWION. latedin 1766, and
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32 iNTEODircTioir. mythic learning,
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34 nSTTEODtrCTlON. taken in Norther
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36 tNTEODUCTION. the former- a brie
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38 INTBODUCnON. Eeturning to Denmar
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40 iNTfeobuotiolir. A translation o
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4:2 INTEODUOTION. CHAPTEE II. THE E
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44 INTEODUCnON. abodes of the Gods
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46 ISTBODUCnON. true mythologic spi
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48 INTEODTTCnON. evidently of later
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50 iNTEODucrnoN. and Mother) who li
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62 , INTRODUCTION. ginn comes to Si
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56 INTEODUCTION. Hebrews, what Home
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68 INTEODUCTION. objects, the chang
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60 INTEODtrCTION. Old-Iceland is, i
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62 raTEODTTOTION. torical light, Ea
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64: INTEODUOTION. her father Angant
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68 INTKODUOTION. course of years, e
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70 OTTEODUCTION. temporary ; but hi
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72 INTEODTJCTION. the Strong, an of
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74 mTEODucnoN. liDgar" (Knutides, d
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76 INTRODUCTION. represented, and h
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78 INTBODtJCTION. Irish hermits. El
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80 DfTEODUCnON. Eed), who had died
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RELI&IOI OE THE NORTHMEN.
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86 INTEODTICTION. Norrgena form the
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88 introdttction; sent a ricli sour
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90 EELiaiON OF THE NORTHMEN. Bor's
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92 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. CHAPTE
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96 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. HoSur,
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98 EELJGION OF THE NOETHMEN. CHAPTE
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100 RELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. pile
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102 EELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN. than
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104 EELIGION OP THE NORTHMEN. shall
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106 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. from
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108 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMElf. SO i
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110 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. CHAPl
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112 RELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. nouri
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114 RELIGION OF THE NOSTHMEK. snow
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116 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. secur
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124 HEIilGION OF THE NOETHMEN. at f
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126 EELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN. indee
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13i EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEIT. Frey
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136 EELIGION OP THE NDETHMEN. with
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138 RELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN. hleo,
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140 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. Mytho
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144 EBLIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. Baldu
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146 RELIGION OF THE NOKTHMEN. CHAPT
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148 EELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN. Skald
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150 BELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. corpo
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152 EELIGION OP THE NOETHMEN. iEsii
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154 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. CI-IA
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168 RELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. tion
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160 KELIGION OF THE NOETSMEit. the
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162 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. denot
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166 RELIGION' OF THE NORTHMEN. " Ma
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168 BELiqUON OF THE HOETHMEN. and S
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174 RELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN. dwell
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220 KELIGION or THE NOETHMEN. ttey
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226 RELIGION OF THE NOKTHMEU. might
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328 APPENDIX. EXTRACT FROM EGIL'S S
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330 APPENDIX. |)eir klseSi sin. Egi
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333 APPENDIX. SiSan bj&st Egill til
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336 Bartholin's Antiquities, 18;
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338 INDEX. GerSa, the wife of Frey,
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