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constantly referred to in that part of our undertak-
ing, althongh by no means slavishly followed.
The most important modem works, which present
the Asa-myths with their interpretations, are the
following :
—
Finn Magnusen :— " Oversssttelse af den seldre
Edda," 1821-23, 4 vols. 8vo. ; " Edda-Lsere," 1824-
26, 4 vols. 8vo. ; " Lexicon Mythologicum," appended
to the third part of the great Arna Magnsean
edition of the Older Edda.
N. r. S. Grundtvig :— " Nordens Mythologie eller
Sindbilled-Sprog, historisk poetisk ndviklet." 2nd
ed. Copenh. 1836.
M. Hammerich :— " Om Eagnaroks lilythen og
dens Betydning i den oldnordiske Eeligion." Cc-
penh. 1836.
N. M. Petersen :— " Danmarks Historic i Hedeis-
old." Copenh. 1834-37. 3 parts. The Asa-Doc-
trine is treated of in the third part,
E. G. Geijer:—"Svea-Eikes Hafder," Stockh.
1825, and his " Svenska Folkets Historia," Orebro,
1832-36, where the Asa-Doctriae is treated of in
the first part.
F. J. Mone :— " Geschichte des Heidenthums im
nordlichen Europa," 1822-23. 2 vols. 8vo. The
Asa-Doctrine is presented in the first part.
Jac. Grimm :— " Deutsche Mythologie." Gottin-
gen, 1835. 2nd enlarged edition. Gottingen, 1844.
P. A. Munch :— " JSTordens Gamle Gude- og Helte-
Sagn." Christiania, 1840.
For a representation of the religious Hfe of the
Northmen, our old Norse-Icelandic manuscripts pre-