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Lj6gvetninga Saga, quoted, 188.
LoSurr, assists in creating man,
91, 115, 142.
Lokasenna, or ) an Eddaic poem,
Lokaglepsa, )
4S.
—
Loki, the traducer and betrayer
of the gods, 45;—his origin
and offspring, 98;—the author
of evil among gods and men,
98, 141-2;—causes the death
of Baldur the Good, 99, 144,
145 ;—bound in a cavern until
the end of time, 100, 145;
leads the troops of Hel to the
last battle, 101.
Loptr, 98, 142.
Lot-casting, 281-2, 284-5.
Mallet, a French writer on
Northern History and Mythology,
24, 25, 29, 41.
Marktisson's 'Collection of Sagas'
printed in Skalholt, Iceland, 25.
Marmier's ' Popular Songs of the
North,' 40.
Maxims from the Edda, 311-316.
MegingjSrSr, Thor's magic girdle,
94.
Mermaids, mermen, 300.
MiSgarSr, the world, 90, 91, 113,
115, 123.
MiSgarSsormr, the world-serpent,
98, 143;— -joins in the
last battle against the gods,
101, and is killed by Thor, 102.
Mimir the Wise, guards the fountain
of wisdom, 92, 118, 119.
Mjolnir, Thor's hammer, 94, 130,
198, 200 ;—sign of the hammer
made to exorcise evil beings,
171.
Mone's (F. J.) ' History of Heathendom
in Northern Europe,'
34, 81.
Moster, an island on the coast of
Norway, 170, 204, 207, 215.
Mounds worshiped, 233.
Mountain-giants (Bergrisar), 89,
111 ;—(bergbflar), 191, 297.
Mtiller (P. E.), 32.
INDEX. 341
Munch ^P. A.), Professor of History
in Christiania, 37 ;— ^his
'Mythologio and Heroic Legends,'
87.
Muninn, one of Odin's ravens, 93,
128.
Muspellheimr, the source of light
and life in creation, 89, 110,
111, 122;—agent in purifying
the world from evil, 101, 102,
151-2.
Mythic Sagas, 60-62. -
Mseri, a chief-temple in Throndheim,
161, 170, 198, 213.
Naglfdr, the ship made of dead
men's nails, which bears the
frost-giants to the last battle,
101.
Nanna, wife of Baldur, burned
on his funeral pile, 99, 145.
Mstrond, the strand of the dead,
103, 148.
New England (Vinland), visited
by the Northmen, 79.
Newfoundland (Helluland), visited
by the Northmen, 79.
NiOhoggr, the primitive evU being,
89, 110;—^gnaws at the
root of the all-sustaining tree,
92, 118;—banished from the
regenerated world, 104, 153.
Nibing, niSstaung, 191, 244.
Niflheippir, 88, 110, 124, 152.
NjAl's Saga, 68;— quoted, 149,
186, 189, 199, 201-2, 295.
Nj6r8r, 94^-5, 132-3;—worshiped
as the god* of seafaring,
172-3.
Noattin, the abode of Nj6r6, 95,
132, 139.
Nor6ri (the North), one of the
dwarves that hold up the sky,
91.
Nornir, the northern Fates, 92,
120, 121,287-8.
Nott (night), the mother of Day,
90, 114.
Nova Scotia (Markland), visited
by the Northmen, 79.