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342 INDEX.
Nyerup (R.) Danish antiquary
and historian, 82, 35, 36.
Nykr, a fabulous sea-horse, 300,
301.
Odin, the father of the gods, 90;
—with Vili and Ve created the
world, 90, 112;—with Hsenir
and L65urr created man, 91,
115;—attributes, 93, 112, 119,
127-8 ;T-relations, 129;—sings
of the gods and Valhalla and
Yggdrasill, 43 ;—asks Vaffrtiduir
concerning the origin of
things, 44;—calls up a V^a in
order to learn Baldur's fate
and the impending destiny of
the gods, 45; he and Thor relate
their exploits, 47 ;—Odin
awakened the spirit of War by
casting his spear over the
heads of the people, 141, 166 ;
—selects the heroes slain in
battle, 151 ;—worshiped as the
god of war, 165;—chieftains
and children often consecrated
to him, 167-9 ;—represented as
one-eyed, 119, 167, l70;r-statue
in Upsala, 198.
Oddrunargratr, an Eddaie poem,
54.
08r, the husband of Freyja, 96,
135.
Oehlensehlager, 36.
Olafr Haraldsson, a king of "Norway,
184.
Olafr hinn Hclgi [Olaf the Saint],
V Saga of, 7*;— quoted, 194;
227;—Olaf destroyed a statue
of Thor in Gu&brandsdal,
198-9.
Olafr Trfitelgja, a king in Vermaland
in Sweden, 162.
Ola^ Tryggvason's Saga, 74;
quoted on the worship of Thor,
171-2, 200, 201;—of Frey,
173-5;—on the guardian spirits
of Iceland, 192; — Olaf
burns a statue of Thor, 201 ;
an instance of Olaf's mode of
christianizing Norway, 225-6
—227, 273^.
Omens, 294-6.
Orkneylnga Saga, 24, 66 ;—quoted,
274.
Ossian's Poems awakened attention
to the study of northern
literature in Germany, 29.
Oxen worshiped, 231.
Oku-J)6rr, a name of Thor, 94.
Olvusvatn, a lake in Iceland, 186,
199.
Ondvegisstilar [sacred columns],
174, 202-4;— guided the settlers
of Iceland to a home,
202-3, 280.
Orvar-Odd's Saga, 64;—quoted,
292.
Paulus DiaconuB, a longobard
writer, 14.
Percy's translation of Mallet's
'Introduction,' 26, 41.
Peringskjold, note 21.
Petersen's (N. M.) History of Denmark
in Heathen Antiquity,
87.
Philology enriched by the studies
of Northern Antiquaries,
31.
Pigott's 'Manual of Scandinavian
Mythology,' 41.
Plato's Atlantis, 20 ;—his wisdom
derived from the Swedish
Skalds, 20.
Poets, 28, 30, 36-7.
Purifications, 228-9.
Rafn (Prof. C. C), 34, 38, 77.
Ragnar L65br6k's Saga, 61, 62;
—his death, 167;—saga quoted,
302.
Ragnarokkr, 43, 44, 101-2, 151-
8, 155.
R^n, wife of -ffigir, 97, 138;—
claimed the bodies of the
drowned, 150.
Rask (R. K.), 31, 82.
Rationalism, 21, 22.
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