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Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3, by

Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.

Title: Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3

Gods and Goddesses of the Northland

Author: Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D. Translator: Rasmus B. Anderson, LL.D.

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Teutonic Mythology

Gods and Goddesses of the Northland

IN

THREE VOLUMES

By VIKTOR RYDBERG, Ph.D.,

MEMBER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY; AUTHOR OF THE "THE LAST ATHENIAN" AND OTHER WORKS. AUTHORISED TRANSLATION FROM THE SWEDISH

BY

RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D., EX-UNITED STATES MINISTER TO DENMARK; AUTHOR OF "NORSE MYTHOLOGY," "VIKING TALES," ETC.

HON. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D., Ph.D., EDITOR IN CHIEF. J. W. BUEL, Ph.D., MANAGING EDITOR.

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VOL. I.

PUBLISHED BY THE NORRoeNA SOCIETY, LONDON COPENHAGEN STOCKHOLM BERLIN NEW YORK 1906

OF THE Viking Edition

There are but six hundred and fifty sets made for the world, of which this is

No. 99

COPYRIGHT, T. H. SMART,

1905.

IDUN, HEIMDAL, LOKE, AND BRAGE.

(From an etching by Lorenz Frolich.)

Idun was the beautiful goddess who in Asgard was keeper of the apples which the gods ate to preserve eternal youth. She is most generally regarded as the wife of Brage.

Heimdal, the son of nine mothers, was guardian against the giants of the bridge of the gods, Bifrost. With a trumpet he summoned all the gods together at Ragnarok when he and Loke slew each other. He was the god of light.

Loke though beautiful in form was like Lucifer in character and was hence called the god of destruction. By the giantess Angerboda he had three offspring, viz: the Midgard serpent, the Fenris-wolf, and Hela, the latter becoming goddess of Hel.

Brage was the son of Odin and being represented as the chief skald in Valhalla he is called the god of poetry.

TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

VOLUME ONE.

PART I.

Page

Introduction--The Ancient Aryans 1

(a) The Aryan Family of Languages 3

Hypothesis of Asiatic Origin of the Aryans 5

Hypothesis of European Origin of the Aryans 15

The Aryan Land of Europe 20 (b) Ancient Teutondom 26

PART II.

(a) Mediaeval Migration Sagas 32

The Troy Saga and Prose Edda 44

Saxo's Relation to the Story of Troy 47

Older Periods of the Troy Saga 50

Story of the Origin of Trojan Descent of the Franks 60

Odin as Leader of the Trojan Emigration 67

Materials of the Icelandic Troy Saga 83

Result of Foregoing Investigations 96 (b) Popular Traditions of the Middle Ages 99

Saxon and Swabian Migration Saga 107

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PART III.

PART IV.

The Frankish Migration Saga 111

Migration Saga of the Burgundians 113

Teutonic Emigration Saga 119

Myths Concerning the Creation of Man 126

Scef, the Original Patriarch 135

Borgar-Skjold, the Second Patriarch 143

Halfdan, the Third Patriarch 147

Halfdan's Enmity with Orvandel and Svipdag 151

Halfdan's Identity with Mannus 153

Sacred Runes Learned from Heimdal 159

Sorcery, the Reverse of Sacred Runes 165

Heimdal and the Sun Goddess 167

Loke Causes Enmity Between Gods and Creators 171

Halfdan Identical with Helge 180

The End of the Age of Peace 185

War with the Heroes from Svarin's Mound 194

Review of the Svipdag Myth 200

The World-War and its Causes 204

Myth Concerning the Sword Guardian 213

Breach Between Asas Vans. Siege of Asgard 235

Significance of the World-War 252

The War in Midgard. Hadding's Adventures 255

Position of the Divine Clans to the Warriors 262

Hadding's Defeat 268

Loke's Punishment 273

Original Model of the Bravalla Battle 281

The Dieterich Saga 285

Myth in Regard to the Lower World 306

Gudmund, King of the Glittering Plains 309

Ruler of the Lower World 312

Fjallerus and Hadingus in the Low World317

A Frisian Saga, Adam of Bremen 319

Odainsaker and the Glittering Plains 321

Identification of Odainsaker 336

Gudmund's Identity with Mimer 339

Mimer's Grove 341

LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURES.

VOL. I.

Page.

Idun, Heimdal, Loke, and Brage. Frontispiece

Thor the Thunder God 122

Giant Thjasse in the Guise of an Eagle Carries of