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Adam of Bremen, a historian of
the 12th century, 14— alludes
to America, 80—to the temple
atUpsala, 175, 198, 211.
Adelung, 30.
Adils, a king of Upsala, 185.
Afzeliufl, 32.
Al-fa5ir (OSinn), 90, 93, 112,12'?.
llfar (Elves), 179, 193-5.
Alfheimr, the abode of Frey, 95,
134, 139—the home of the
Light Elves, 123, 134.
AlfreJs, a king of HorSaland, 178.
Alvismdl, an Eddaie poem, 47
— ;
quoted 299.
Ammianus Maroellinus, quoted,
282.
Angrbo5a, 98, 143.
Antiquarian researches in Iceland,
14, 15;—by Arngrim and
Brynjulf, 16, 17 ;—by Torfajus,
17, 18;—by Arnas Magnasus,
17, 22, 23;—by the Danish
Government, 18;-^ by the
Swedes, 18, 19.
Antiquarians of Germany, 29, 30
—of Norway, 37 ;—of Sweden,
19, 37.
Antiquaries, the Royal Society
of Iforthern, 33, 37, 38, 39, 77.
Antiquitates AmerioanaJ, 39, 77.
Apparitions, belief in, 303-305.
Aptrganga (see Apparitions), 303.
Arna-Magnsean Commission, 23,
32, 34.
Arnas Magnaeus, 18—collects a
large quantity of old MSS., and
lays the foundation of the
Arna-Magn?san
22-8.
INDEX.
Commission,
Arngrimr J6nsson, finder of the
Edda, 16, 17, 56.
Arnkiel's Cimbrian Mythology,
29.
Aron Hjorleifsson's Saga, 71.
Arwidsson, 37.
AsgarSr, the abode of the gods,
93, 122;—the earthly, 107,
169.
Ash, the, a, sacred tree, from
which the first human pair
were formed, 91, 115.
Askr, the first man, 91, 115.
Asynjur, the Goddesses, 96, 126 ;
—worship of, 177, 178.
AtlakviSa, an Eddaie poem, 64;
—quoted, 241.
Atlamal, an Eddaie poem, 54;
— ;
quoted, 183,188, 241.
Atlantica of Rudbeok, traces the
legends and learning of the
Greeks to Scandinavia, 19, 20.
Atli, 51, 53, 54, 188, 241.
Attila (Atli), 51.
AaShumla, the mythic eow, representing
the elementary principle
of material life, 89, 111,
112;—traces of its worship,
232.
Austri (the East), one of the four
dwarves which support the
sky, 91.
Baldur, 94, 135, 145;—his death,
99, 144; — return from the
realms of death, 103,-152;—
poems relating to, 28, 44, 45
-worship of, 176; statues of,
199.
Bardic School, in ^ermftny, §0,