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Bartholin's Antiquities, 18;
—
translated, 29.
Bergrisar (mountain giants), 89,
111, 113.
BerserHr, 253.
Bifrost, the Rainbow, the bridge
from earth to heaven, 90, 95,
114.
Biographical Sagas, 67-'?2.
Bjarni Herjtilfeson, first discoverer
of America, 78, 79.
Boar, the, sacred to Frey, 95,
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134, 176.
BragarfuUi, the full horn, sacred
to Bragi, note, 176, 177.
BragarteSr, second pai;t of the
Later Edda, contaming mythological
ideas, 57.
Bragi, the god of Poetry, 96, 135;
—worship of; 177.
BreiSablik, the dwelling of Baldur,
?4, 144.
Bre'5afj6r6r, a firth in western
Iceland, 71, 192, 207.
Brynjtilf Sveinsson, discoverer of
the poetic Edda, 16, 17, 42, 66.
Bnri, Burr, Bor, 89, 112.
Calendar, based on the Asa Mythology,
by Finn Magnusen,
note, 140.
Cat, the, sacred to Freyja, 96,
135.
Chronicles of the Danish Kings
first published, 15.
Classes, differjent, mythic origin
of, 49, 50.
Cold, the symbol of evil, 89, 110,
116.
Cottle's translation of the Edda,
40.
Cow, the, worship of, 231, 232.
Creation, 44 ;—of chaotic matter,
89, 111, 154;—of the world,
90, 112, 118, 154;—of the sun,
moon and stars, UO, 91, 114.
Creutzer's Symbolik, 34.
Criticism in ;piythological studies,
22, 26-6, 91-2.
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Dalin's History of Sweden, 27.
Delius, against the Edda, 30.
Dellingr, the dawn, the father of
Day, 90, 114.
Denis' 'Songs' and translations,
30.
Diar, Gods, 127 ;— priests of ancient
Asgard who accompanied
Odin into the North, 159.
Disir, inferior goddesses, 127,
179, 181 ;—sacrifices, 184-5.
DokkAlfar (dark elves), 193.
Dragons, 302.
Draumkonur, 179.
Dreams, 188, 293^.
Droplauga-eonar Saga, quoted,
255.
Drottnar, rulers and priests in
the earliest ages, 159-160.
Dualism, pervades the Old-lforse
religion, 89, 110-116, 118,
164-5.
Dvergar (dwarves), origin of, 90,
114;—belief in, 299.
Edda, the Older, 42-56, 86;—
discovery of, 17, 19 ;—Kesenius'
edition, 17, 24;—Ama
Magntean ed., 23 ;—German
translations, 29, 80, 40.
Edda, the Later, 56-58, 86;
discovery of, 16, 17 ;— ^publication
and translation, 17, 25,
29, 37, 40.
Egil Skallagrimsson {see Egil's
Saga).
Egil's Saga, 69;— quoted, 173,
190-1, 242-6, 246-8, 266-6.
Eichhofs ' Literature of the
North,' 40.
Einherjar, fallen heroes chosen
for Valhalla, 93, 128.
Einar Eyj6Ifsson's dream, 188.
Einvigi, 242, 248, 260-1.
Eirikr B16S6x, a king of Norway,
178, 186, 190-1, 246.
Eirikr Bau5i, visited and colonized
Greenland, 78 ;—extract
from his Saga, 288-292.