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346 INDEX.
ship of the fiods by rulers,
brought prosperity to the people;
neglect thereof brought
adversity, 162.
Tggdrasill, the emblem of the
world, 44, 92, 102, 111.
Tmir, the first chaotic matter,
89, ni ;—from which the
world was formed, 90, 112,
113, 154.
Ynglinga Saga, 76, quoted, 209-
210.
Trp, an inferior deity worshiped
in the North, 18S;—aided H4kon
Jarl against the J6msTik-
Ingar, 186;—statue, 199.
-iEgir, the god of the Sea, 97,
137-8 ; entertains the ^sir.45,
46.
iEgisdrekka (see Lokasenna), 45.
.lEsir, 21, 26, 4(5, 67, 88;—de-
—
;
scended from Odin, 90, 93, 112
—acting powers in the Creation,
90-91, 112-115;—banish
evil (the Jotuns) from the
world, 90, 113;—their judgment-seat,
92, 121 ;—^home and
assembling-place, 93, 122-3;
—attributes and abodes, 93-97,
125-139;— ^they form connections
with the Jotuns and
bring evil into the world, 98,
141 ;—suffer by Loki's malignity
and duplicity, 98-9, 142-5
—bind him and his offspring
until the end of the world, 100,
145 ;— join in the last battle,
102;—are slain together with
their enemies, 102, 152, 155;
arise regenerated with the
new heaven and the new earth,
103, 152, 155;— ^historical theory
of their arrival in the
North, 26-7, 169.