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Tbrondheim, |)rdndheimr[Drontheim],
temples, 110, lis, 198.
ThrtlBheimr, ) the abode of
ThrfiSvangar, j" Thor, 94, 130.
Thrymheimr, the abode of SkaSi,
95, 133.
ThrymskviSa, an Eddaic poem,
46.
Thulr, an improvisator, 168.
ThverA in Iceland, 174-5, 180.
TorfasoD, ThormoSr [Torfseus],
18, 82, 25-6.
T;yT, the god of bravery, 95,
—
135.
Tryker, a German, foxmd the
vine gr0T7ing in Amerioa, from
which Vinland was named, 79.
Ulf the Red [RauStilfr], 182-3.
Ullr, the god of winter life and
hunting, 96, 137, note 139.
linger, 87.
Upsala, 175, 183, 198, 210.
UrSarbrunnr, the sacred fountain
of the Fates, 92, 120, 121.
TJr^arm4ni, 295-6.
XJrSr, one of the nornir, a goddess
of the Past, 92, 120.
TJtgarSr, the region of the Jotuns,
90, 113.
UtgarSa-Loki, 142.
Vaf Jru^nismdl, an Eddaic poem,
28, 44;—quoted, 173.
Vala, a seeress or prophetess, 43,
45, 63 ;—description of, 287-
293
ValfaSir [Odin], 93, 127, 128.
Valhalla, the abode of Odin's
chosen sons, 93, 97, 128, 146—
150, 165-7.
Vali, one of the JMr, 96, 135;
avenges the death of Baldur,
100, 144, 145 ;—rejoins the
gods, 103, 152.
Valkyrjur, 93, 96-7, 120, 137,
139, 148.
Vanaheimr, the home of the
Vanir, the air, 94, 123.
Vanir, 94, 96, 131-2.
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VdpnafjorSr, a firth in the K E..
part of Iceland, 192.
Vatnsdal, a valley in Iceland,
180.
Vatnsdsela Saga, 70 ;— quoted,
173-4, 176-7, 180, 187, 200,
271-2, 276, 293, 294, 321.
VegtamskviSa, an Eddaic poem,
45.
VerSandi, one of the nornir, a
goddess of the Present, 92, 120.
Verni^land, a petty kingdom in
ancient Sweden, 162.
Vestri [the "West], one of the
four dwarves that sustain the
sky, 91.
Videlin [Paul], 22.
ViSarr, the silent god, 96, 139
note —the victor in the last
battle, 102, 136;— ^rejoins the
gods in the regenerated world,
103, 152.
Viga-Glum's Saga, 69;— quoted,
174-5, 180, 238-9.
Viga-Styr's Saga, 67-8.
Vigfus, a Norwegian hersir,
185.
180,
Vikarr, a king, sacrificed for a
favorable wind, at the instigation
of Odin, 169.
Viklngar, 13, 222;—Viking life,
61-2, 319-320.
Ving61f, the hall of the goddesses,
93, 128-9, 149.
Volsunga Saga, 60, quoted, 167-
8.
Volundar kviSa, an Eddaic
poem, quoted, 240.
V61usp4 an Eddaic poem, 43 ;
reference, 119, 139, 141.
—
Waterfalls, worshiped, 233, 234.
Westphalen's 'Monuments,' 29.
Wolff's Handbook of (^rman
Mythology, 40.
Worm, (Ole) [Olaus Wormius],
16.
Worship of divine beings among
heathens, 156-7;—among the
Northmen, 158-9 ;—The wor-