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Be helpful to strangers who stop at your house,don’t mock or demean them. It’s hard to be certain simply by lookingwhat kin they may claim.

‘The Sayings of the High One’ Poetic Edda

By dead-man’s shore in shadow-landa hall was raised roofed with serpentswhose venom drips on those who dwell therekillers and defilers. All doors face north.

‘The Sibyl’s Prophecy’ Poetic Edda