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338 INDEX.
GerSa, the wife of Frey, 48, 95,
184.
Geri, one of Odin's wolves, 93,
128.
Gerstenberg's ' Letters ' and poems,
30.
Geijer (E. G ), 35, Si ; quoted,
160.
Giants or Demons, 297-9.
Gimli, the highest heaven, 93,
103, 122, 148, 152.
Ginnngagap, 89, 90, 111.
Gisli Sursson's Saga, quoted, 174,
182.
Gjallarhorn, 95, 102.
Glitnir, the abode of Forset', 96,
137, 139.
' Gods, the, impersonations of the
powers of nature, 125;—their
various titles, 126-7.
GoSar, priests and teachers of
religion, 160-8.
Gorre's ' Mythic History,' 34.
Grater, 30.
Greenland discovered and colon-
ized, 78.
GrettisSaga, 71.
Grimm (J.), 39, 40, 85, 87 ; quoted,'
177 ; and in notes to Part
Second, passim,
Grimnism^l, 43; quoted, 183.
Groa (1), an enchantress of the
Edda, 55, 264;—(2), a sorcer-
ess in Iceland, 180.
Grotta-songr, an Eddaic poem,
55.
Grougalldr, an Eddaic poem, 55.
Groves, worshiped, 233, 234.
Grundtvig (N. F. S.), 'Mythology
of tlie North,' 35, 87.
Gu5brandr, a celebrated chieftaia
of GuSbrandsdal in Norway,
199, 201-2.
GuSbrandsdal, a large and fertile
valley of central Norway, 170,
186, 198, 199, 201-2.
Gu5riinarkvi8a I. II. Ill, Eddaic
poems, 58 ; III. quoted, 261-2.
GuSriinarhvaut, an Eddaic poem,
64.
GuUinbursti, the golden bristled
boarofFrey, 95, 134, 176.
Gunnbjorn, the discoverer of
Greenland, 78.
Gunnhilda, a sorceress. Queen of
king Eirik B1666x, 178, 185,
190-1, 272-3 ;—taught by the
Finns, 277.
Gunnlaug Ormstlinga's Saga, 69,
quoted, 171-2.
Gunnar Helming, an imposter,
175.
Gy5ja, a priestess, 163.
Gygar, giantesses, 297.
Gylfaginning, the mythological
book of the Later Edda, 56-7.
G;ymir (see .(Egir), 97, 138.
Hdkon ABalsteinf6stri, a King of
Norway, 171, 242.
Hakon Eiriksson Jarl, a king of
;— quoted, 149 ;
—
Norway, overcomes the Jomsvikingar,
73
his devotion to the Gods made
the country prosperous, 162;
—anecdote of his religious zeal
and bravery, 166 ;—sacrificed
his son to his tutelary deity
and gains her assistance in
battle, 186, 222;—his temples
to her 199, 201-2;—asks a
favor of her, 226-7 ;—response
to his sacrifice, 166, 280;—his
gift toEinar, 284.
H^konarmAl, a poem, quoted,
148.
Half's Saga, 60, 61 ;
quoted, 178,
182-3.
H&lfdAn, a son of king Bele, in
Norway, 184.
HdlfdAn Einarason's 'Icelandic
History,' 28.
Hallfre5r VandraiCaskdld, 178;
180, 227.
Halogaland, a province of Norway,
185-6, 283.
Hamarsheimt, an Eddaic poem,
46.
Hamingjar, a class of inferiov
goddesses, 179, 180, 183,