FOOTNOTES
[1.] The third volume of this work has not yet appeared.
[2.] Keyser.
[3.] White Skald.
[4.] Black Skald.
[5.] Dasent translates “hövuðtungur” (chief or head tongues) with “lords,” which is certainly an error.
[6.] Near Upsala.
[7.] A heroic poem, giving the pedigree (tal) of Norse kings.
[8.] Heimskringla: Ynglinga Saga, ch. v.
[9.] Heimskringla: Harald Harfager’s Saga, ch. xix.
[10.] The walker.
[11.] Elder Edda: Havamal.
[12.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 6.
[13.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 56.
[14.] Elder Edda: Hyndla’a Lay, 34.
[15.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 30.
[16.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 31.
[17.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 35.
[18.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 8. In Old Norse the sun is feminine, and the moon masculine. See below, sections 11 and 12.
[19.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 40, 41. Comp. Vafthrudner’s Lay, 21.
[20.] That wolves follow the sun and moon, is a wide-spread popular superstition. In Sweden, a parhelion is called Solvarg (sun-wolf).
[21.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 43, 44.
[22.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 12, 14-16, 18, 19.
[23.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 24.
[24.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 29.
[25.] Elder Edda: Fafner’s Lay, 13.
[26.] The Icelandic barr. See Vigfusson, sub voce.
[27.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 35, 34.
[28.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 22.
[29.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 70.
[30.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 37.
[31.] Elder Edda. Loke’s Quarrel, 29, 47.
[32.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 46-50.
[33.] Oku is derived from the Finnish thunder-god, Ukko.
[34.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 24.
[35.] The author of the Younger Edda is here mistaken. See [note on page 82].
[36.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 12.
[37.] Compare Vainamoinen, the son of Ukko, in the Finnish epic Kalevala.
[38.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 11.
[39.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 14.
[40.] Icel. frú (Ger. frau; Dan. frue), pl. frúr, means a lady. It is used of the wives of men of rank or title. It is derived from Freyja.
[41.] This etymology is, however, erroneous, for the word is derived from oln or öln, and the true form of the word is ölnliðr = the ell-joint (wrist); thus we have ölnboge—the elbow; öln = alin (Gr. ὠδίνη; Lat. ulna; cp. A.-S. el-boga; Eng. elbow) is the arm from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, hence an ell in long measure.
[42.] Compare the Anglo-Saxon brego = princeps, chief.
[43.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 13.
[44.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 15.
[45.] Possibly this ought to read the ninth world, which would correspond with what we read on [page 72], and in the Vala’s Prophecy. See also notes. It may be a mistake of the transcriber.
[46.] Both these words mean sloth.
[47.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 36
[49.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 36.
[50.] This is the Niblung story in a nut-shell.
[51.] Elder Edda: Skirner’s Journey, 42.
[52.] The Fenris-wolf in Ragnarok.
[53.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 18.
[54.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 19.
[55.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 20.
[56.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 23.
[57.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 41.
[58.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 44.
[59.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 29, 30.
[60.] Bonde = peasant.
[61.] Called Ymer in the Younger Edda, but the Elder Edda calls him Hymer.
[62.] Commit adultery.
[63.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 48, 49.
[64.] Fenris-wolf.
[65.] Loke.
[66.] Frey.
[67.] The Fenris-wolf.
[68.] Thor.
[69.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 50-52, 54-57, 59, 60, 62, 63.
[70.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 18.
[71.] Elder Edda: The Vala’s Prophecy, 40, 41.
[72.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 51.
[73.] Holt = grove.
[74.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 45.
[75.] Elder Edda: Vafthrudner’s Lay, 47.
[76.] This part of the Younger Edda corresponds to the Latin Ars Poetica, and contains the rules and laws of ancient poetry.
[77.] Thor’s.
[78.] Thor.
[79.] Jord’s (= earth’s) son = Thor.
[80.] Thor.
[81.] Odin’s.
[82.] The earth.
[83.] Thor.
[84.] Thor.
[85.] The giant Hrungner.
[86.] Thor.
[87.] Thor’s.
[88.] Icelandic proverb.
[89.] Icelandic proverb.
[90.] A river in Jotunheim.
[91.] Thor’s kinsmen = the asas.
[92.] Thruda was a daughter of Thor and Sif.
[93.] A troll-woman.
[94.] Shield.
[95.] Elder Edda: the Lay of Fafner, 32, 33.
[96.] The drink of the Volsungs = venom; the tortuous venom-serpent = the Midgard-serpent.
[97.] Thor.
[98.] These words are spoken by the maidens while they put the mill together.
[99.] Frode.
[100.] The mill.
[101.] Quoted from memory.
[102.] Njorvasound, the Straits of Gibraltar; so called from the first Norseman who sailed through them. His name was Njorve. See Ann. for nordisk Oldkyndighed, Vol. I, p. 58.
[103.] See [note, page 221].
[104.] Svithjod the Great, or the Cold, is the ancient Sarmatia and Scythia Magna, and formed the great part of the present European Russia. In the mythological sagas it is also called Godheim; that is, the home of Odin and the other gods. Svithjod the Less is Sweden proper, and is called Mannheim; that is, the home of the kings, the descendants of the gods.
[105.] The Saracens’ land (Serkland) means North Africa and Spain, and the Saracen countries in Asia; that is, Persia, Assyria, etc.
[106.] Blueland, the country of the blacks in Africa, the country south of Serkland, the modern Ethiopia.
[107.] Tartareans.
[108.] Kalmuks.
[109.] Mongolians.
[110.] The Tanais is the present Don river, which empties into the Sea of Asov.
[111.] Asgard is supposed, by those who look for historical fact in mythological tales, to be the present Assor; others, that it is Chasgar in the Caucasian ridge, called by Strabo Aspargum the Asburg, or castle of the asas. We still have in the Norse tongue the word Aas, meaning a ridge of high land. The word asas is not derived from Asia, as Snorre supposed. It is the O.H. Ger. ans; Anglo-Sax. os = a hero. The word also means a pillar; and in this latter sense the gods are the pillars of the universe. Connected with the word is undoubtedly Aas, a mountain-ridge, as supporter of the skies; and this reminds us of Atlas, as bearer of the world.
[112.] The temple-priests performed the functions of priest and judge, and their office continued hereditary throughout the heathen period of Norse history.
[113.] See Norse Mythology, page 174.
[114.] See Brage’s Talk, p. 160; and Norse Mythology, pp. 247 and 342.
[115.] In the Vala’s Prophecy of the Elder Edda it is said that Odin talks with the head of Mimer before the coming of Ragnarok. See Norse Mythology, p. 421.
[116.] This shows that the vans must have belonged to the mythological system of some older race that, like the ancient Romans (Liber and Libera), recognized the propriety of marriage between brothers and sisters, at least among their gods. Such marriages were not allowed among our Odinic ancestors. Hence we see that when Njord, Frey and Freyja were admitted to Asgard, they entered into new marriage relations. Njord married Skade, Frey married Gerd, and Freyja married Oder. Our ancestors were never savages!
[117.] Turkland was usually supposed to mean Moldau and Wallachia. Some, who regard the great mountain barrier as being the Ural Mountains, think Turkland is Turkistan in Asia. Asia Minor is also frequently styled Turkland.
[118.] Ancient Norse writers connect this event with Mithridates and Pompey the Great. They tell how Odin was a heroic prince who, with his twelve peers or apostles, dwelt in the Black Sea region. He became straightened for room, and so led the asas out of Asia into eastern Europe. Then they go on to tell how the Roman empire had arrived at its highest point of power, and saw all the then known world—the orbis terrarum—subject to its laws, when an unforeseen event raised up enemies against it from the very heart of the forests of Scythia, and on the banks of the Don river. The leader was Mithridates the Great, against whom the Romans waged three wars, and the Romans looked upon him as the most formidable enemy the empire had ever had to contend with. Cicero delivered his famous oration, Pro lege Manilia, and succeeded in getting Pompey appointed commander of the third war against Mithridates. The latter, by flying, had drawn Pompey after him into the wilds of Scythia. Here the king of Pontus sought refuge and new means of vengeance. He hoped to arm against the ambition of Rome all his neighboring nations whose liberties she threatened. He was successful at first, but all those Scythian peoples, ill-united as allies, ill-armed as soldiers, and still worse disciplined, were at length forced to yield to the genius of the great general Pompey. And here traditions tell us that Odin and the other asas were among the allies of Mithridates. Odin had been one of the gallant defenders of Troy, and at the same time, with Æneas and Anchises, he had taken flight out of the burning and falling city. Now he was obliged to withdraw a second time by flight, but this time it was not from the Greeks, but from the Romans, whom he had offended by assisting Mithridates. He was now compelled to go and seek, in lands unknown to his enemies, that safety which he could no longer find in the Scythian forests. He then proceeded to the north of Europe, and laid the foundations of the Teutonic nations. As fast as he subdued the countries in the west and north of Europe he gave them to one or another of his sons to govern. Thus it comes to pass that so many sovereign families throughout Teutondom are said to be descended from Odin. Hengist and Horsa, the chiefs of those Saxons who conquered Britain in the fifth century, counted Odin in the number of their ancestors. The traditions go on to tell how he conquered Denmark, founded Odinse (Odinsve = Odin’s Sanctuary; comp. ve with the German Wei in Weinacht), and gave the kingdom to his son Skjold (shield); how he conquered Sweden, founded the Sigtuna temple, and gave the country to his son Yngve; how finally Norway had to submit to him, and be ruled by a third son of Odin, Saming.
It has been seriously contended,—and it would form an important element in an epic based on the historical Odin,—that a desire of being revenged on the Romans was one of the ruling principles of Odin’s whole conduct. Driven by those foes of universal liberty from his former home in the east, his resentment was the more violent, since the Teutons thought it a sacred duty to revenge all injuries, especially those offered to kinsmen or country. Odin had no other view in traversing so many distant lands, and in establishing with so much zeal his doctrines of valor, than to arouse all Teutonic nations, and unite them against so formidable and odious a race as the Romans. And we, who live in the light of the nineteenth century, and with the records before us, can read the history of the convulsions of Europe during the decline of the Roman empire; we can understand how that leaven, which Odin left in the bosoms of the believers in the asa-faith, first fermented a long time in secret; but we can also see how in the fullness of time, the signal given, the descendants of Odin fell like a swarm of locusts upon this unhappy empire, and, after giving it many terrible shocks, eventually overturned it, thus completely avenging the insult offered so many centuries before by Pompey to their founder Odin. We can understand how it became possible for “those vast multitudes, which the populous north poured from her frozen loins, to pass the Rhine and the Danube, and come like a deluge on the south, and spread beneath Gibraltar and the Libyan sands;” how it were possible, we say, for them so largely to remodel and invigorate a considerable part of Europe, nay, how they could succeed in overrunning and overturning “the rich but rotten, the mighty but marrowless, the disciplined but diseased, Roman empire; that gigantic and heartless and merciless usurpation of soulless materialism and abject superstition of universal despotism, of systemized and relentless plunder, and of depravity deep as hell.” In connection with this subject we would refer our readers to Mallet’s Northern Antiquities, pp. 79-83, where substantially the same account is given; to Norse Mythology, pp. 232-236; to George Stephen’s Runic Monuments, Vol. I; and to Charles Kingsley’s The Roman and the Teuton.
[119.] Compare this version of the myth with the one given in the first chapter of The Fooling of Gylfe. Many explain the myth to mean the breaking through of the Baltic between Sweden and Denmark.
[120.] Leidre or Leire, at the end of Isefjord, in the county of Lithraborg, is considered the oldest royal seat in Denmark.
[121.] Laage is a general name for lakes and rivers. It here stands for Lake Malar, in Sweden.
[122.] The grassy isle is Seeland.
[123.] Sigtun. Sige, Ger. Sieg, (comp. Sigfrid,) means victory, and is one of Odin’s names; tun means an inclosure, and is the same word as our modern English town. Thus Sigtun would, in modern English, be called Odinstown; like our Johnstown, Williamstown, etc.
[124.] Noatun, Thrudvang, Breidablik and Himinbjorg are purely mythological names, and for their significance the reader is referred to The Fooling of Gylfe. Snorre follows the lay of Grimner in the Elder Edda.
[125.] Berserk. The etymology of this word has been much contested. Some, upon the authority of Snorre in the above quoted passage, derive it from berr (bare) and serkr (comp. sark, Scotch for shirt); but this etymology is inadmissible, because serkr is a substantive, not an adjective. Others derive it from berr (Germ. Bär = ursus), which is greatly to be preferred, for in olden ages athletes and champions used to wear hides of bears, wolves and reindeer (as skins of lions in the south), hence the names Bjalfe, Bjarnhedinn, Ulfhedinn (hedinn, pellis),—“pellibus aut parvis rhenonum tegimentis utuntur.” Cæsar, Bell. Gall. VI, 22. Even the old poets understood the name so, as may be seen in the poem of Hornklofi (beginning of the 10th century), a dialogue between a valkyrie and a raven, where the valkyrie says at berserkja reiðu vil ek þik spyrja, to which the raven replies, Ulfhednar heita, they are called wolf coats. In battle the berserks were subject to fits of frenzy, called berserksgangr (furor bersercicus), when they howled like wild beasts, foamed at the mouth, and gnawed the iron rim of their shields. During these fits they were, according to a popular belief, proof against steel and fire, and made great havoc in the ranks of the enemy. But when the fever abated they were weak and tame. Vigfusson Cleasby’s Icelandic-English Dictionary, sub voce.
[126.] In the mythology this ship belongs to Frey, having been made for him by the dwarfs.
[127.] Hugin and Munin.
[128.] The old Norse word is órlög, which is plural, (from ör = Ger. ur, and lög, laws,) and means the primal law, fate, weird, doom; the Greek μοῖρα. The idea of predestination was a salient feature in the Odinic religion. The word örlog, O.H.G. urlac, M.H.G. urlone, Dutch orlog, had special reference to a man’s fate in war. Hence Orlogschiffe in German means a naval fleet. The Danish orlog means warfare at sea.
[129.] Svithjod, which here means Sweden, is derived from Odin’s name, Svidr and thjod = folk, people. Svithjod thus means Odin’s people, and the country takes its name from the people.
[130.] Odin.
[131.] Norway was given to Saming by Odin.
[132.] He gave himself nine wounds in the form of the head of a spear, or Thor’s hammer; that is, he marked himself with the sign of the cross, an ancient heathen custom.
[133.] Here ends Snorre’s account of the asas in Heimskringla. The reader will, of course, compare the account here given of Odin, Njord, Frey, Freyja, etc., with the purely mythological description of them in the Younger Edda, and with that in Norse Mythology. Upon the whole, Snorre has striven to accommodate his sketch to the Eddas, while he has had to clothe mythical beings with the characteristics of human kings. Like Saxo-Grammaticus, Snorre has striven to show that the deities, which we now recognize as personified forces and phenomena of nature, were extraordinary and enterprising persons, who formerly ruled in the North, and inaugurated the customs, government and religion of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, England, and the other Teutonic lands.
[134.] The word fornjot can be explained in two ways: either as for-njot = the first enjoyer, possessor; or as forn-jot, the ancient giant. He would then correspond to Ymer.
[135.] Notice this trinity: Hler is the sea (comp. the Welsh word llyr = sea); Loge is fire (comp. the Welsh llwg), he reminds us both by his name and his nature of Loke; Kare is the wind.
[A.] Transcriber’s Footnote: Zalmoxis or Salmoxis was a Thracian deity. The word Ζαλμός is defined by Liddell and Scott—a dictionary available to the author—as Thracian for “a skin”.
[VOCABULARY.]
Adils. A king who reigned in Upsala.
Ae. A dwarf.
Æger. The god presiding over the stormy sea.
Alf. A dwarf.
Alfather. A name of Odin.
Alfheim. The home of the elves.
Alfrig. A dwarf.
Alsvid. One of the horses of the sun.
Althjof. A dwarf.
Alvis. A dwarf.
Amsvartner. The name of the lake in which the island was situated where the wolf Fenrer was chained.
Andhrimner. The cook in Valhal.
Andlang. The second heaven.
Andvare. A dwarf.
Andvare-naut. The ring in the Niblung story.
Angerboda. A giantess; mother of the Fenris-wolf.
Annar. Husband of Night and father of Jord.
Arvak. The name of one of the horses of the sun.
Asaheim. The home of the asas.
Asaland. The land of the asas.
Asas. The Teutonic gods.
Asa-thor. A common name for Thor.
Asgard. The residence of the gods.
Ask. The name of the first man created by Odin, Honer and Loder.
Aslaug. Daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild.
Asmund. A man visited by Odin.
Asynjes. The Teutonic goddesses.
Atle. Gudrun’s husband after the death of Sigurd.
Atrid. A name of Odin.
Aud. The son of Night and Naglfare.
Audhumbla. The cow that nourished the giant Ymer.
Audun. A name derived from Odin.
Aurgelmer. A giant; grandfather of Bergelmer; the same as Ymer.
Austre. A dwarf.
Bafur. A dwarf.
Balder. Son of Odin and Frigg, slain by Hoder.
Baleyg. A name of Odin.
Bar-isle. A cool grove in which Gerd agreed with Skirner to meet Frey.
Bauge. A brother of Suttung. Odin worked for him one summer, in order to get his help in obtaining Suttung’s mead of poetry.
Beigud. One of Rolf Krake’s berserks.
Bele. A giant, brother of Gerd, slain by Frey.
Bergelmer. A giant; son of Thrudgelmer and grandson of Aurgelmer.
Berling. A dwarf.
Bestla. Wife of Bure and mother of Odin.
Biflide. A name of Odin.
Biflinde. A name of Odin.
Bifrost. The rainbow.
Bifur. A dwarf.
Bikke. A minister of Jormunrek; causes Randver to be hanged, and Svanhild trodden to death by horses.
Bil. One of the children that accompany Moon.
Bileyg. A name of Odin.
Bilskirner. Thor’s abode.
Blain. A dwarf.
Blodughofde. Frey’s horse.
Bodn. One of the three jars in which the poetic mead is kept.
Bodvar bjarke. One of Rolf Krake’s berserks.
Bol. One of the rivers flowing out of Hvergelmer.
Bolthorn. A giant; father of Bestla, mother of Odin.
Bolverk. A name of Odin.
Bombur. A dwarf.
Bor. Son of Bure; father of Odin.
Brage. A son of Odin; the best of skalds.
Breidablik. The abode of Balder.
Brimer. One of the heavenly halls after Ragnarok.
Brising. Freyja’s necklace.
Brok. A dwarf.
Brynhild. One of the chief heroines in the Niblung story.
Budle. Father of Atle and Brynhild.
Bue. A son of Vesete, who settled in Borgundarholm.
Byleist. A brother of Loke.
Byrger. A well from which Bil and Hjuke were going when they were taken by Moon.
Dain. A dwarf.
Dain. One of the stags that bite the leaves of Ygdrasil.
Dainsleif. Hogne’s sword.
Day. Son of Delling.
Daybreak. The father of Day.
Delling. Daybreak.
Dolgthvare. A dwarf.
Dore. A dwarf.
Draupner. Odin’s ring.
Drome. One of the fetters with which the Fenris-wolf was chained.
Duf. A dwarf.
Duney. One of the stags that bite the leaves of Ygdrasil.
Durathro. One of the stags that bite the leaves of Ygdrasil.
Durin. A dwarf.
Dvalin. One of the stags that bite the leaves of Ygdrasil.
Dvalin. A dwarf.
Eikinskjalde. A dwarf.
Eikthyrner. A hart that stands over Odin’s hall.
Eilif. Son of Gudrun; a skald.
Eimyrja. One of the daughters of Haloge and Glod.
Eindride. A name of Thor.
Eir. An attendant of Menglod, and the best of all in the healing art.
Ekin. One of the rivers flowing from Hvergelmer.
Elder. A servant of Æger.
Eldhrimner. The kettle in which the boar Sahrimner is cooked in Valhal.
Elivogs. The ice-cold streams that flow out of Niflheim.
Eljudner. Hel’s hall.
Elle. An old woman (old age) with whom Thor wrestled in Jotunheim.
Embla. The first woman created by Odin, Honer and Loder.
Endil. The name of a giant.
Erp. A son of Jonaker, murdered by Sorle and Hamder.
Eylime. The father of Hjordis, mother of Volsung.
Eysa. One of the daughters of Haloge and Glod.
Fafner. Son of Hreidmar, killed by Sigurd.
Falhofner. One of the horses of the gods.
Farbaute. The father of Loke.
Farmagod. One of the names of Odin.
Farmatyr. One of the names of Odin.
Fenja. A female slave who ground at Frode’s mill.
Fenris-wolf. The monster wolf, son of Loke.
Fensaler. The abode of Frigg.
Fid. A dwarf.
File. A dwarf.
Fimafeng. Æger’s servant.
Fimbul. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Fimbulthul. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Fimbul-tyr. The unknown god.
Fimbul-winter. The great and awful winter of three years duration preceding Ragnarok.
Finnsleif. A byrnie belonging to King Adils, of Upsala.
Fjalar. A dwarf.
Fjolner. A name of Odin.
Fjolsvid. A name of Odin.
Fjorgvin. The mother of Frigg and of Thor.
Fjorm. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Folkvang. Freyja’s abode.
Form. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Fornjot. The ancient giant; the father of Æger.
Forsete. The peace-maker; son of Balder and Nanna.
Frananger force. The waterfall into which Loke cast himself in the likeness of a salmon.
Freke. One of Odin’s wolves.
Frey. Son of Njord and husband of Skade.
Freyja. The daughter of Njord and sister of Frey.
Fridleif. A son of Skjold.
Frigg. Wife of Odin and mother of the gods.
Frode. Grandson of Skjold.
Froste. A dwarf.
Fulla. Frigg’s attendant.
Fundin. A dwarf.
Fyre. A river in Sweden.
Gagnrad. A name of Odin.
Galar. A dwarf.
Gandolf. A dwarf.
Ganglare. A name of Odin.
Ganglate. Hel’s man-servant.
Ganglere. A name of Odin.
Ganglot. Hel’s maid-servant.
Gangrad. A name of Odin.
Gardrofa. A horse.
Garm. A dog that barks at Ragnarok.
Gaut. A name of Odin.
Gefjun. A goddess; she is present at Æger’s feast.
Gefn. One of the names of Freyja.
Geirahod. A valkyrie.
Geirrod. A giant visited by Thor.
Geir Skogul. A valkyrie.
Geirvimul. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Gelgja. The fetter with which the Fenris-wolf was chained.
Gerd. A beautiful giantess, daughter of Gymer.
Gere. One of Odin’s wolves.
Gersame. One of the daughters of Freyja.
Gilling. Father of Suttung, who possessed the poetic mead.
Gimle. The abode of the righteous after Ragnarok.
Ginnar. A dwarf.
Ginungagap. The premundane abyss.
Gipul. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Gisl. One of the horses of the gods.
Gjallar-bridge. The bridge across the river Gjol, near Helheim.
Gjallar-horn. Heimdal’s horn.
Gjallar-river. The river near Helheim.
Gjalp. One of the daughters of Geirrod.
Gjuke. A king in Germany, visited by Sigurd.
Gladsheim. Odin’s dwelling.
Glam. The name of a giant.
Glapsvid. A name of Odin.
Glaser. A grove in Asgard.
Gleipner. The last fetter with which the wolf Fenrer was bound.
Glener. The husband of Sol (sun).
Gler. One of the horses of the gods.
Glitner. Forsete’s hall.
Gloin. A dwarf.
Gna. Frigg’s messenger.
Gnipa-cave. The cave before which the dog Garm barks.
Gnita-heath. Fafner’s abode, where he kept the treasure of the Niblungs.
Goin. A serpent under Ygdrasil.
Gol. A valkyrie.
Goldfax. The giant Hrungner’s horse.
Gomul. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Gondler. One of the names of Odin.
Gondul. A valkyrie.
Gopul. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Got. A name of Odin.
Gote. Gunnar’s horse.
Gothorm. A son of Gjuke; murders Sigurd, and is slain by him.
Grabak. One of the serpents under Ygdrasil.
Grad. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Grafvitner. A serpent under Ygdrasil.
Grafvollud. A serpent under Ygdrasil.
Gram. Sigurd’s sword.
Grane. Sigurd’s horse.
Greip. One of the daughters of Geirrod.
Grid. A giantess visited by Thor.
Gridarvol. Grid’s staff.
Grim. A name of Odin.
Grimhild. Gjuke’s queen.
Grimner. One of the names of Odin.
Grjottungard. The place where Thor fought with Hrungner.
Groa. A giantess, mother of Orvandel.
Grotte. The name of King Frode’s mill.
Gud. A valkyrie.
Gudny. One of the children of Gjuke.
Gudrun. The famous daughter of Gjuke.
Gullinburste. The name of Frey’s boar.
Gullintanne. A name of Heimdal.
Gulltop. Heimdal’s horse.
Gullveig. A personification of gold; she is pierced and burnt.
Gungner. Odin’s spear.
Gunlat. The daughter of the giant Suttung.
Gunn. A valkyrie.
Gunnar. The famous son of Gjuke.
Gunthrain. One of the rivers flowing from Hvergelmer.
Gwodan. An old name for Odin.
Gylfe. A king of Svithjod, who visited Asgard under the name of Ganglere.
Gyller. One of the horses of the gods.
Gymer. Another name of the ocean divinity Æger.
Habrok. A celebrated hero.
Hallinskide. Another name of Heimdal.
Haloge. A giant, son of Fornjot; also called Loge.
Hamder. Son of Jonaker and Gudrun, incited by his mother to avenge his sister’s death.
Hamskerper. A horse; the sire of Hofvarpner, which was Gna’s horse.
Hangagod. A name of Odin.
Hangatyr. A name of Odin.
Haptagod. A name of Odin.
Har. The High One; applied to Odin.
Harbard. A name assumed by Odin.
Hate. The wolf bounding before the sun, and will at last catch the moon.
Heide. Another name for Gullveig.
Heidrun. A goat that stands over Valhal.
Heimdal. The god of the rainbow.
Heimer. Brynhild’s foster-father.
Hel. The goddess of death; daughter of Loke.
Helblinde. A name of Odin.
Helmet-bearer. A name of Odin.
Hengekjapt. The man to whom King Frode gave his mill.
Hepte. A dwarf.
Heran. A name of Odin.
Herfather. A name of Odin.
Herjan. A name of Odin.
Hermod. The god who rode on Sleipner to Hel, to get Balder back.
Herteit. A name of Odin.
Hild. A valkyrie.
Hildesvin. A helmet, which King Adils took from King Ale.
Himinbjorg. Heimdal’s dwelling.
Hindfell. The place where Brynhild sat in her hall, surrounded by the Vafurloge.
Hjalmbore. A name of Odin.
Hjalprek. A king in Denmark; collects a fleet for Sigurd.
Hjatle the valiant. One of Rolf Krake’s berserks.
Hjordis. Married to Sigmund, and mother of Sigurd.
Hjuke. One of the children that accompany Moon.
Hledjolf. A dwarf.
Hler. Another name of Æger.
Hlidskjalf. The seat of Odin, whence he looked out over all the world.
Hlin. One of the attendants of Frigg; Frigg herself is sometimes called by this name.
Hlodyn. Thor’s mother.
Hlok. A valkyrie.
Hloride. A name of Thor.
Hniker. A name of Odin.
Hnikud. A name of Odin.
Hnitbjorg. The place where Suttung hid the poetic mead.
Hnos. Freyja’s daughter.
Hoder. The slayer of Balder; he is blind.
Hodmimer’s-holt. The grove where the two human beings, Lif and Lifthraser, were preserved during Ragnarok.
Hofvarpner. Gna’s horse.
Hogne. A son of Gjuke.
Honer. One of the three creating gods; with Odin and Loder he creates Ask and Embla.
Hor. A dwarf.
Horn. A name of Freyja.
Hrasvelg. A giant in an eagle’s plumage, who produces the wind.
Hreidmar. The father of Regin and Fafner.
Hrib. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Hrimfaxe. The horse of Night.
Hringhorn. The ship upon which Balder’s body was burned.
Hrist. A valkyrie.
Hrodvitner. A wolf; father of the wolf Hate.
Hron. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Hroptatyr. A name of Odin.
Hrotte. Fafner’s sword.
Hrungner. A giant; Thor slew him.
Hrym. A giant, who steers the ship Naglfar at Ragnarok.
Hvergelmer. The fountain in the middle of Niflheim.
Huge. A person (Thought) who ran a race with Thjalfe, in Jotunheim.
Hugist. One of Odin’s ravens.
Hugstore. A dwarf.
Hymer. A giant with whom Thor went fishing when he caught the Midgard-serpent.
Hyndla. A vala visited by Freyja.
Hyrroken. A giantess who launched the ship on which Balder was burned.
Ida. A plain where the gods first assemble, and where they assemble again after Ragnarok.
Idavold. The same.
Ide. A giant, son of Olvalde.
Idun. Wife of Brage; she kept the rejuvenating apples.
Ironwood. The abode of giantesses called Jarnveds.
Iva. A river in Jotunheim.
Ivald. The father of the dwarfs that made Sif’s hair, the ship Skidbladner, and Odin’s spear Gungner.
Jafnhar. A name of Odin.
Jalg. A name of Odin.
Jalk. A name of Odin.
Jarnsaxa. One of Heimdal’s nine giant mothers.
Jarnved. The same as Ironwood.
Jarnvidjes. The giantesses dwelling in Ironwood.
Jord. Wife of Odin, mother of Thor.
Jormungand. The Midgard-serpent.
Jormunrek. King of Goths, marries Svanhild.
Joruvold. The country where Aurvang is situated. Thence come several dwarfs.
Jotunheim. The home of the giants.
Kerlaugs. The rivers that Thor every day must cross.
Kile. A dwarf.
Kjaler. A name of Odin.
Kormt. A river which Thor every day must cross.
Kvaser. The hostage given by the vans to the asas; his blood, when slain, was the poetical meed kept by Suttung.
Lading. One of the fetters with which the Fenris-wolf was bound.
Landvide. Vidar’s abode.
Laufey. Loke’s mother.
Leipt. One of the rivers flowing out of Hvergelmer.
Lerad. A tree near Valhal.
Letfet. One of the horses of the gods.
| Lif. | The two persons preserved in Hodmimer’s-holt during Ragnarok. |
| Lifthraser. |
Lit. A dwarf.
Ljosalfaheim. The home of the light elves.
Loder. One of the three gods who created Ask and Embla.
Lofn. One of the asynjes.
Loge. A giant who tried his strength at eating with Loke in Jotunheim.
Loke. The giant-god of the Norse mythology.
Lopt. Another name for Loke.
Lovar. A dwarf.
Lyngve. The island where the Fenris-wolf was chained.
Magne. A son of Thor.
Mannheim. The home of man; our earth.
Mardol. One of the names of Freyja.
Megingjarder. Thor’s belt.
Meile. A son of Odin.
Menglad. Svipdag’s betrothed.
Menja. A female slave who ground at Frode’s mill.
Midgard. The name of the earth in the mythology.
Midvitne. A giant.
Mimer. The name of the wise giant; keeper of the holy well.
Mist. A valkyrie.
Mjodvitner. A dwarf.
Mjolner. Thorn’s hammer.
Mjotud. A name of Odin.
Mode. One of Thor’s sons.
Modgud. The may who guards the Gjallar-bridge.
Modsogner. A dwarf.
Moin. A serpent under Ygdrasil.
Mokkerkalfe. A clay giant in the myth of Thor and Hrungner.
Moon, brother of sun. Both children of Mundilfare.
Moongarm. A wolf of Loke’s offspring; he devours the moon.
Morn. A troll-woman.
Mundilfare. Father of the sun and moon.
Munin. One of Odin’s ravens.
Muspel. The name of an abode of fire.
Muspelheim. The world of blazing light before the creation.
Na. A dwarf.
Naglfar. A mythical ship made of nail-parings; it appears in Ragnarok.
Nain. A dwarf.
Nal. Mother of Loke.
Nanna. Daughter of Nep; mother of Forsete, and wife of Balder.
Nare. Sod of Loke; also called Narfe.
Narfe. See Nare.
Nastrand. A place of punishment for the wicked after Ragnarok.
Nep. Father of Nanna.
Niblungs. Identical with Gjukungs.
Nida mountains. A place where there is, after Ragnarok, a golden hall for the race of Sindre (the dwarfs).
Nide. A dwarf.
Nidhug. A serpent in the nether world.
Niflheim. The world of mist before the creation.
Niflungs. Identical with Niblungs.
Night. Daughter of Norfe.
Nikar. A name of Odin.
Nikuz. A name of Odin.
Niping. A dwarf.
Njord. A van; husband of Skade, and father of Frey and Freyja.
Noatun. Njord’s dwelling.
Non. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Nor. The man after whom Norway was supposed to have been named.
Nordre. A dwarf.
Norfe. A giant, father of Night.
Norns. The weird sisters.
Not. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Ny. A dwarf.
Nye. A dwarf.
Nyrad. A dwarf.
Oder. Freyja’s husband.
Odin. Son of Bor and Bestla; the chief of Teutonic gods.
Odrarer. One of the vessels in which the poetic mead was kept.
Ofner. A serpent under Ygdrasil.
Oin. A dwarf.
Oku-thor. A name of Thor.
Olvalde. A giant; father of Thjasse, Ide and Gang.
Ome. A name of Odin.
Onar. A dwarf.
Orboda. Wife of the giant Gymer.
Ore. A dwarf.
Ormt. One of the rivers that Thor has to cross.
Orner. The name of a giant.
Orvandel. The husband of Groa, the vala who sang magic songs over Thor after he had fought with Hrungner.
Oske. A name of Odin.
Otter. A son of Hreidmar; in the form of an otter he was killed by Loke.
Quaser. See Kvaser.
Radgrid. A valkyrie.
Radsvid. A dwarf.
Rafnagud. A name of Odin.
Ragnarok. The last day; the dissolution of the gods and the world; the twilight of the gods.
Ran. The goddess of the sea; wife of Æger.
Randgrid. A valkyrie.
Randver. A son of Jormunrek.
Ratatosk. A squirrel in Ygdrasil.
Rate. An auger used by Odin in obtaining the poetic mead.
Regin. Son of Hreidmar.
Reginleif. A valkyrie.
Reidartyr. A name of Odin.
Rek. A dwarf.
Rind. Mother of Vale.
Rogner. A name of Odin.
Roskva. Thor’s maiden follower.
Sahrimner. The boar on which the gods and heroes in Valhal live.
Sad. A name of Odin.
Saga. The goddess of history.
Sager. The bucket carried by Bil and Hjuke.
Sangetal. A name of Odin.
Sekin. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Sessrymner. Freyja’s palace.
Siar. A dwarf.
Sid. A stream flowing from Hvergelmer.
Sidhot. A name of Odin.
Sidskeg. A name of Odin.
Sif. Thor’s wife.
Sigfather. A name of Odin.
Sigfrid. The hero in the Niblung story; the same as Sigurd.
Sigmund. Son of Volsung. Also son of Sigurd and Gudrun.
Sindre. A dwarf.
Sigtyr. A name of Odin.
Sigyn. Loke’s wife.
Sigurd. The hero in the Niblung story; identical with Sigfrid.
Silvertop. One of the horses of the gods.
Simul. The pole on which Bil and Hjuke carried the bucket.
Sinfjotle. Son of Sigmund.
Siner. One of the horses of the gods.
Sjofn. One of the asynjes.
Skade. A giantess; daughter of Thjasse and wife of Njord.
Skeggold. A valkyrie.
Skeidbrimer. One of the horses of the gods.
Skidbladner. Frey’s ship.
Skifid. A dwarf.
Skifir. A dwarf.
Skilfing. A name of Odin.
Skinfaxe. The horse of Day.
Skirner. Frey’s messenger.
Skogul. A valkyrie.
Skol. The wolf that pursues the sun.
Skrymer. The name assumed by Utgard-Loke; a giant.
Skuld. The norn of the future.
Sleipner. Odin’s eight-footed steed.
Slid. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Slidrugtanne. Frey’s boar.
Snotra. One of the asynjes.
Sokmimer. A giant slain by Odin.
Sokvabek. A mansion, where Odin and Saga quaff from golden beakers.
Sol. Daughter of Mundilfare.
Son. One of the vessels containing the poetic mead.
Sorle. Son of Jonaker and Gudrun; avenges the death of Svanhild.
Sudre. A dwarf.
Sun. Identical with Sol.
Surt. Guards Muspelheim. A fire-giant in Ragnarok.
Suttung. The giant possessing the poetic mead.
Svade. A giant.
Svadilfare. A horse, the sire of Sleipner.
Svafner. A serpent under Ygdrasil.
Svanhild. Daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun.
Svarin. A dwarf.
Svartalfaheim. The home of the swarthy elves.
Svarthofde. The ancestor of all enchanters.
Svasud. The name of a giant; father of summer.
Sviagris. A ring demanded by the berserks for Rolf Krake.
Svid. A name of Odin.
Svidar. A name of Odin.
Svidr. A name of Odin.
Svidre. A name of Odin.
Svidrir. A name of Odin.
Svidur. A name of Odin.
Svipdag. The betrothed of Menglad.
Svipol. A name of Odin.
Svol. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Svolne. A name of Odin.
Sylg. A stream flowing from Hvergelmer.
Syn. A minor goddess.
Syr. A name of Freyja.
| Tangnjost. | Thor’s goats. |
| Tangrisner. |
Thek. A dwarf; also a name of Odin.
Thjalfe. The name of Thor’s man-servant.
Thjasse. A giant; the father of Njord’s wife, Skade.
Thjodnuma. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Thok. Loke in the disguise of a woman.
Thol. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Thor. Son of Odin and Fjorgyn. The god of thunder.
Thorin. A dwarf.
Thorn. A giant.
Thride. A name of Odin.
Thro. A dwarf; also a name of Odin.
Throin. A dwarf.
Thror. A name of Odin.
Thrud. A valkyrie.
Thud. A name of Odin.
Thul. A stream flowing from Hvergelmer.
Thund. A name of Odin.
Thvite. A stone used in chaining the Fenris-wolf.
Thyn. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Tyr. The one-armed god of war.
Ud. A name of Odin.
Ukko. The god of thunder in Tshudic mythology.
Ukko-thor. A name for Thor.
Uller. Son of Sif and step-son of Thor.
Urd. The norn of the past.
Utgard. The abode of the giant Utgard-Loke.
Utgard-loke. A giant visited by Thor; identical with Skrymer.
Vafthrudner. A giant visited by Odin.
Vafud. A name of Odin.
Vafurloge. The bickering flame surrounding Brynhild on Hindfell.
Vak. A name of Odin.
Valaskjalf. One of Odin’s dwellings.
Vale. Brother of Balder; kills Hoder.
Valfather. A name of Odin.
Valhal. The hall to which Odin invites those slain in battle.
Vanadis. A name of Freyja.
Vanaheim. The home of the vans.
Var. The goddess of betrothals and marriages.
Vartare. The thread with which the mouth of Loke was sewed together.
Vasad. The grandfather of Winter.
Ve. A brother of Odin. (Odin, Vile and Ve).
Vedfolner. A hawk in Ygdrasil.
Vegsvin. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Vegtam. A name of Odin.
Veratyr. A name of Odin.
Verdande. The norn of the present.
Vestre. A dwarf.
Vid. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Vidar. Son of Odin and the giantess Grid.
Vidblain. The third heaven.
Vidfin. The father of Bil and Hjuke.
Vidolf. The ancestor of the valas.
Vidrer. A name of Odin.
Vidur. A name of Odin.
Vig. A dwarf.
Vigrid. The field of battle where the gods and the hosts of Surt meet in Ragnarok.
Vile. Brother of Odin and Ve.
Vilmeide. The ancestor of all wizards.
Vimer. A river that Thor crosses.
Vin. A river that flows from Hvergelmer.
Vina. A river that flows from Hvergelmer.
Vindalf. A dwarf.
Vindlong. One of the names of the father of winter.
Vindsval. One of the names of the father of winter.
Vingner. A name of Thor.
Vingolf. The palace of the asynjes.
Vingthor. A name of Thor.
Virfir. A dwarf.
Vit. A dwarf.
Volsungs. The descendants of Volsung.
Von. A river formed by the saliva running from the mouth of the chained Fenris-wolf.
Vor. One of the asynjes.
Wodan. A name of Odin.
Ydaler. Uller’s dwelling.
Yg. A name of Odin.
Ygdrasil. The world-embracing ash-tree.
Ylg. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer.
Ymer. The huge giant out of whose body the world was created.
[INDEX.]
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A - Annar | |
Abel, [265]. Academy (London), [252]. Adam, [33]. Adela, [255]. Ae, [71]. Æger, [153], [154], [159], [160], [162], [164], [169], [176]-189, [196], [240], [260]. Æneas, [168], [221]-224, [229], [242]. Africa and Africans, [36], [38], [225]. Ainbet, [255]. Ainos, [221]. Aldafather, [246]. Alf, [71]. Alfather, [65], [69], [72], [77], [80], [81], [92], [94], [98], [106], [245], [246], [259]. | Alfrig, [261]. Alsace, [255]. Alsvid, [66]. Althjof, [70]. Alvis, [251]. Amsvartner, [94]. Andhrimner, [104]. Andlang, [78]. Andvare, [71], [194], [195], [199]-201. Andvarenaut, [200]. Angerboda, [91]. Anglo-Saxon, [258]. Annan, [45]. Annar, [65]. |
Argulos - Austria | |
Argulos, [41]. Ariadne, [29]. Ariel, [253]. Ark, [33]. Arvak, [66]. Asas, [79]-90. Asa-Thor, [241]. Asburg, [226]. Asgard, 6, 7, [51], [54], [64], [65], [69], [133], [136], [148], [153], [156]-158, [164], [168]-176, [181], [189], [191], [224], [226], [228], [230], [237]. | Aslaug, [204]. Aspargum, [226]. Asov, [225]. Assor, [229]. Asynjes, [97]-100. Atlas, [226]. Atra, [45]. Aud, [65]. Audun, [235]. Aurvang, [71]. Austria, [255]. |
B - Bjarnhedinn | |
Baal, [37]. Babylon, [39]. Bafur, [70]. Balder, 6, 7, [8], [46], [83],[84], [89], [131]-136, [148], [158], [175], [232], [249], [259], [260], [264], [265]. Banquo, [253]. Bar-Isle, [102]. Bavaria, [256]. Bedvig, [45]. Beigud, [215]. Bel, [37]. Beldegg, [46]. | Beowulf, [262]. Berling, [261]. Biflide, [54]. Bifrost, [68], [73], [74], [77], [88], [108], [142]. Bifur, [70]. Bjaf, [45]. Bjalfe, [233]. Bjar, [45]. Bjarnhedinn, [233]. |
Black Sea - Byrger | |
Blain, [70]. Blind, Karl, [252]-256. Blodughofde, [260]. Bodn, [160]-165. Bodvar Bjarke, [215]. Bol, [106]. Bolverk, [81], [162], [163], [245]. Bombur, [70]. Borgundarholm, [240]. Bornholm, [240]. Bothnia, [240]. | Brage, 6, 9, [16], [25], [50], [87], [108], [153], [154], [159], [160], [164], [166], [169], [184], [187], [189], [205], [231], [260]. Brander, [46]. Breidablik, [77], [84],[232], [259]. Brising, [97], [186], [261], [262]. Britain, [230]. Brok, [190]-192. Brynhild, [198]-201, [262], [267]. Budd, [244]. Buddha, [244]. Bue, [240]. Bugge, Sophus, [18]. Byrger, [66]. |
C | |
Cæsar, [233]. Cain, [265]. Carlyle, Sir Thomas, [22], [252]. Cato, the Elder, [31]. Caucasian, [226]. Cerberos, [41]. | Chaldeans, [40]. Chasgar, [226]. China, [28]. Chlotildis, [255]. Cicero, [229]. Columbus, [30]. Cottle, A. S., [15]. |
D | |
Dainsleif, [219]. Dane, [46]. Danube, [230]. Dardanos, [42]. Dasent, G. W., [15], [16], [18]. Daybreak, [65]. Delling, [65]. Denmark, [50], [206], [207], [214], [222], [230], [231], [239], [242], [251]. | Dido, [242]. Dietrich, Fr., [18]. Dippold, G. Theo., [267]. Dolgthvare, [71]. Dore, [71]. Dornröschen, [254]. Draupner, [71], [134],[136], [187]. Drome, [93]. Duf, [71]. Duney, [75]. Durathro, [75]. Durin, [70]. |
E | |
Eikenskjalde, [71]. Eikthyrner, [106]. Eilif, [179]. Eimyrja, [240]. Eindride, [175]. Eir, [97]. Ekin, [106]. Elder, [188]. Eldhrimner, [104]. Elenus, [168]. Eline, [251]. Elivogs, 5, [57], [59], [173], [248]. Eljudner, [92]. | Emerson, R. W., [22]. Endil, [180]. England, [30], [48], [222], [232], [239], [250], [258]. Erichthonios, [221]. Erp, [202]-205. Ethiopia, [225]. Ettmüller, Ludw., [18]. Europe, [38], [221]-230,[241], [254]. Eve, [33]. Eylime, [196]. Eysa, [240]. Eyvind Skaldespiller, [236]. |
F - Fjorm | |
Fal, [71]. Faye, A., [257]. Fenris-wolf, 8, [87], [91]-96, [104], [141], [142], [148], [149], [168]. Fid, [71]. File, [71]. | Fimafeng, [188]. Fimbul, [56]. Fimbulthul, [106]. Fimbul-tyr, 5, 6, [8]. Fimbul-winter, 7, [140], [264]. Finnish, [239], [240],[241], [250]. Finnsleif, [215]. Fjarlaf, [45]. Fjolner, [54], [81], [207], [238], [245]. Fjorgvin, [65]. Fjorm, [106]. |
Folkvang - Fyrisvold | |
Forestier, Auber, [262], [263], [266], [267]. Fornjot, [239]-243. Forsete, [89], [90], [153], [259], [260]. Frananger Force, [137]. Frankland, [46]. Fraser’s Magazine, [253]. Freke, [105]. Freovit, [46]. Frey, 6, 7, [8], [85], [86],[94], [101]-103, [109]-112, [134], [142], [143], [153], [187], [191], [192], [227], [228], [237]-239, [243], [260], [262], [264]. Freyja, 6, 7, [29], [85], [86], [97], [110], [134], [153], [157], [170], [183], [187], [228], [232], [239], [259], [261], [262]. | Fridleif, [45], [46], [206], [218]. Frigialand, [168]. Frigg, 6, 7, [43], [45], [65], [80], [94], [97], [98], [131]-136, [145], [153], [176], [187], [227]. Frigia, [43]. Frigida, [45]. Frjodiger, [46]. Frode, [41], [206]-213,[238], [267]. Fulla, [97], [136], [153], [187]. Fundin, [71]. Funen, [231]. Fyre, [216]. |
G - Gissur | |
Gaelic, [257]. Gagnrad, [247]. Gandolf, [70]. Gandvik, [179]. Gang, [159]. Ganglare, [81]. Ganglate, [92]. Ganglot, [92]. Gangrad, [58]. Gardarike, [230]. Gardie, de la, [17]. Gardrofa, [99]. Gaut, [81]. Gave, [46]. Gefjun, [49], [50], [97], [153], [187], [231], [242]. Gefn, [97]. Gegenwart, Die, [252]. Geibel, Em., [267]. | Geir, [46]. Geirabod, [99]. Geirrod, [81], [176]-183, [245], [246]. Geir Skogul, [252]. Geirvimul, [106]. Gelgja, [96]. Gelmer, [248]. Gerd, [101]-113, [153],[228], [238], [262], [265]. Germania (of Tacitus), [244]. Germany, [30], [222], [230], [239], [250]-256. Gersame, [238]. Gertraud, [255]. Gill, [250]. Gilling, [161]. Gimle, 9, [54], [77], [78], [147], [247]. Ginnar, [71]. Ginungagap, 5, [56], [57], [58], [61], [72], [243], [247]-249. Gipul, [106]. Gissur, Jarl, [24]. |
Gjallar - Goransson | |
Gjallarhorn, [72], [88],[142]. Gjallar-river, [135]. Gjalp, [178], [179], [180], [182]. Gjuke, [199], [204], [206], [266]. Gjukungs, [193]-201. Glam, [183]. Glener, [66]. Glitner, [77], [89], [90], [259]. Glod, [240]. Gloin, [71]. Glora, [44]. | Gnipa-cave, 8, [143]. Gnita-heath, [196]-200. Goe, [241]. Goin, [75]. Gol, [99]. Golden Age, [69]-71. Gomul, [106]. Gondul, [252]. Gopul, [106]. Gor, [241]. Got, [246]. Gote, [199]. Gothorm, [198]-211. Gotland, [206]. Goransson, J., [18]. |
Grabak - Gymer | |
Grabak, [76]. Grad, [106]. Grafvitner, [75]. Grafvollud, [76]. Grane, [198]. Grave, [199]. Gray, [16]. Greece and Greeks, [28], [31], [39]-43, [222]-229, [250]. Greenland, [30]. Greip, [178]-183. Grid, [177]. Grimhild, [198]. Grimm (Brothers), [244], [253], [258]. | Gud, [100]. Gudny, [198]. Gudolf, [45]. Gudrun, [179]-203. Gullinburste, [134]. Gullintanne, [88]. Gulltop, [73], [88], [134], [259]. Gunlad, [160]-165. Gunn, [252]. Gunnar, [198]-203. Gunthrain, [106]. Gwodan, [244]. Gylfe, 9, [16], [46], [49], [50], [51], [52], [151], [221], [224], [231], [232], [242]. |
H - Helmet | |
Ha, [218]. Habrok, [108]. Hafthor, [235]. Haleygjatal, [47]. Halfdan, [213]. Hallinskide, [88]. Haloge, [240]. Halogeland, [240]. Hamskerper, [99]. Hangagod, [81]. Hangatyr, [165]. Haptagod, [81]. Harbard, [245]. Hate, [67]. Haustlong, [184]. | Hebrew, [37]. Hedinians, [219]. Heide, [252]. Heidrun, [106]. Heimdal, 6, 8, [88], [89], [134], [142], [143], [153], [232], [259], [260]. Heimer, [204]. Heimskringla, 10, [22],[50], [57], [221], [224], [239], [242], [243], [263]. Hekate, [255]. Hektor, [43], [151], [167], [168]. Hel, 6, 7, [55], [56], [57], [91]-96, [133], [135]-137, [142], [144], [148], [248], [255], [264]. Held, [255]. Helge Hundings-Bane, [248]. Helgeland, [240]. Helmet-bearer, [245]. |
Henderson - Hlymdaler | |
Henderson, [16]. Hendride, [44]. Hengekjapt, [207]. Hepte, [71]. Herakles, [41]. Heran, [54]. Herbert, [16]. Herfather, [247]. Herfjoter, [99]. Herjan, [54], [81], [245], [247]. Hermanric, [262]. Hermod, [45], [133], [135], [136], [249], [260]. Hero-book, [250]. Herodotos, [22]. Hesse (Rhenish), [255]. | Hild, [99], [198], [218], [219], [252]. Hildebrand, Karl, [18]. Hildesvin, [215]. Himminbjorg, [77], [88],[89], [232], [259]. Hindfell, [199]. Hjaddingavig, [219]. Hjalmbore, [81]. Hjalprek, [196]. Hjalte the Valiant, [215]. Hjarrande, [218]. Hjordis, [196]. Hledjolf, [71]. Hlidskjalf, [64], [77],[101], [137]. Hlodyn, [145]. Hlok, [99]. Hloride, [44]. Hlymdaler, [204]. |
Hnikar - Hyrrokken | |
Hnikar, [54], [81], [245], [247]. Hoder, 7, [89], [132], [148], [260], [265]. Hodmimer’s-holt, [149]. Hofvarpner, [99]. Hogne, [198]-218. Holge, [187]. Holzmann, A., [18]. Homer, [222]. Honer, [84], [153], [155], [157], [184]-186, [193], [227], [243]. Hor, [71]. Horn, [97]. Hornklofe, [233]. Horsa, [229]. Howitts, the, [16]. Hrasvelg, [79]. Hreidmar, [193]-196. Hrid, [56]. | Hrimfaxe, [65]. Hrimgerd, [251]. Hringhorn, [133]. Hrist, [99]. Hrodvitner, [67]. Hrolf, [241]. Hron, [106]. Hrotte, [196]. Hrym, [141]-144. Hvergelmer, [56], [72],[75], [106], [148], [243], [248], [249]. Hvitserk, [215]. Hugin, [105]. Hugstare, [71]. Humboldt, [244]. Hymer, [128]-133, [167], [186]. Hyndla, [249]. |
I | |
Iceland, [240]. Ida, [148]. Idavold, [69]. Ide, [159]. Idun, 6, 7, [10], [28], [87], [88], [153], [155], [157], [184]-187, [264]. Ilos, [43]. | Irmina, [255]. Ironwood, [57]. Isefjord, [231]. Ithaca, [223]. Itrman, [45]. Iva, [182]. |
J | |
Jafnhar, [81], [243], [245], [246]. Jalanger, [207]. Jalg, [54]. Jamieson, [16]. Japhet, [35]. Jarnsaxa, [173]. Jarnved, [67]. Jarnvidjes, [67]. Jat, [45]. Jerusalem, [225]. Jews, [29]. | Johnstown, [232]. Jokul, [240]. Jonsson (Arngrim), [17]. Jord, [65], [100], [174], [175]. Jormunrek, [202]-206. Joruvold, [71]. Jotland, [240]. Jotunheim, [49], [65], [69], [91], [110], [111], [115], [133], [144], [157], [169], [176], [185], [187], [231], [259]. |
K | |
Kadmos, [241]. Kalevala, [84]. Kalmuks, [225]. Kann, [254]. Kare, [240]-243. Kemble, [258]. Kerlangs, [73]. | Keyser (Rud.), [18], [19], [20], [23], [25], [26]. Kesfet, [45]. Kile, [71]. Kingsley (Chas.), [230]. Knue, [211]. Kormt, [73]. |
L | |
Laage, [231]. Lading, [93]. Landvide, [259]. Laomedon, [43]. Latin, [222]. Laufey, [91], [110], [113], [137]. Leidre (See Hleidre), [231]. Liber, [228]. Libera, [228]. Lif, [149]. Lifthraser, [149]. Lithraborg, [231]. | Ljosalfaheim, [259]. Loder, [243]. Lofn, [98]. Loge, [120], [126], [240], [243]. Logrinn, [49]. Loke, 6-8, [80], [91]-96, [109]-145, [151], [153], [155]-158, [176]-187, [188]-199, [240], [260], [261], [264], [265]. Loptsson (Jon), [20]. Lora, [44]. Loricos, [44]. Loride, [44]. Lovar, [71]. Lyngve, [94]. |
M - Mithridates | |
Macbeth, [252]-265. Maelstrom, [208]. Magi, [45]. Magne, [45], [48], [149], [168], [173]. Magnusson (Arne), [17], [18], [23]. Manilius, [229]. Mardol, [97]. Mars, [222]. Mechtild, [255]. Mediterranean Sea, [38]. | Megingjarder, [83], [106], [176], [180]. Meile, [174]. Menon, [44]. Metellus, [223]. Mexican, [244]. Midgard, 5, [62], [63], [67], [109], [128], [145], [259]. Midvitne, [245]. Mimer, 10, [19], [72], [73], [142], [143], [224], [227], [228], [234], [243]. Mist, [99]. |
Mjodvitner - Mysing | |
Mjodvitner, [70]. Mjoll, [241]. Mjolner, 6-8, [64], [83], [111]-130, [134], [148], [149], [171], [176]. Mjotud, [246]. Möbius (Th.), [18]. Mode, [45], [148], [149], [168]. Modsogner, [70]. Moin, [75]. Moldau, [228]. Mongolians, [225]. Moon, [66]. Moongarm, [67]. | Müller (Max), [244]. Mummius, [223]. Munch (P. A.), [18]. Mundilfare, [66]. Munin, [105]. Munon, [44]. Muspel, [68], [103], [112], [142], [144]. Muspelheim, 5, [56], [58], [61], [66], [243], [247], [249], [259]. Muss, [254]. Mysing, [207]. |
N | |
Na, [70]. Naglfar, [65], [112], [141], [144]. Nain, [70]. Nal, [91]. Nanna, [81], [134], [136], [153]. Nastrand, 9, [147]. Neptune, [41]. Niblungs, [101], [193],[199], [201], [202], [262], [263], [266]. Niblung Story, [30], [266], [267]. Nida Mountains, [147]. Nide, [70]. Nidhug, 9, [72], [75], [148], [249]. Niflheim, 5, [56], [58], [72], [92], [243], [247], [249], [259]. Niflungs, [193]-199, [201], [202], [266]. Night, [65]. | Nikar, [54]. Nikuz, [54]. Nile, [41]. Niping, [70]. Njord, 6, [42], [84], [85], [101], [153], [158], [159], [187], [227], [228], [232], [236], [237], [239], [259], [260]. Njorvasnud, [225]. Njorve, [225]. Noatun, [84], [85], [158], [232], [237], [259]. Non, [106]. Nor, [241]. Norfe, [65]. Norns, [73]-78. Norway, [215], [218],[222], [230], [236], [239], [240], [241], [251], [256], [257]. Not, [106]. Ny, [71]. Nye, [70]. Nyrad, [71]. Nyerup (R.), [18]. |
O | |
Oder, [97], [112], [228], [238]. Odin, 5-10, [29], [39], [43], [45]-47, [60], [65], [73], [77], [80], [83], [86], [89], [96], [100], [104]-112, [132]-134, [137], [142], [143], [145], [153], [155], [157], [158], [160]-165, [168]-176, [181], [185], [186], [187], [189]-192, [194], [195], [206], [221], [239], [240], [243]-263. Odinstown, [232]. Odoacer, [223]. Odrarer, [160]-165. Oin, [70]. | Olafsson (Magnus), [17]. Olafsson (Stephan), [17]. Olaf (Thordsson), 9, [20], [22], [23]-27. Olaf (Tryggvason), [261]. Olvalde, [159]. Onar, [70]. Orboda, [101]. Orestes, [223]. Orkneys, [218]. Ormt, [73]. Orner, [210]. Orvandel, [173]-175. Oske, [54], [81], [245], [247]. Otter, [193]. Ottilia, [255]. |
P | |
Paulus (Diakonos), [244]. Persia, [225]. Petersen (N. M.), [248]. Pfeiffer (Fr.), [18]. Pigott, [16]. Pluto, [49]. | Poetry (origin of), [161]-165. Polar Sea, [248]. Pompey, [43], [222], [229], [230]. Pontus, [229]. Priamos, [39], [43], [44], [166], [167]. Pyrrhus, [168]. |
Q | |
Quaser (see Kvaser). | Quenland, [240]. |
R | |
Rachel, [255]. Radgrid, [99]. Redsvid, [71]. Rafn, [215]. Rafnagud, [105]. Ragnar, [206]. Ragnar (Lodbrok), [205]. Ragnarok, 8, [88], [96], [104], [139]-145, [167], [219], [228], [247], [249], [264], [266]. Ran, [188]. Randgrid, [99]. Randver, [202]-205. Rask (Rasmus), [18]. Ratatosk, [75]. Rate, [163]. Refil, [196]. Regin, [193]-200. Reginleif, [99]. | Reidartyr, [165]. Reidgotaland, [46]. Rek, [71]. Resen (P. J.), [17]. Ritta, [46]. Roddros, [167]. Rolf Krake, [214]-217. Rogner, [246]. Romulus (Augustulus), [223]. Rosta, [100]. Rugman (Jon), [17]. |
S - Sinfjotle | |
Sager, [66]. Sahrimner, [104]. Saracens, [225]. Sarmatia, [225]. Saturn, [38], [40], [41], [42]. Saxland, [45], [48], [230], [231]. Saxo-Grammaticus, [239]. Schlegel, [253]. Scythia (Magna), [225], [229], [244]. Seeland, [49], [50], [231], [242]. Sekin, [106]. Sennar, [36]. Serkland, [225]. Sessrymner, [86]. Shakspeare, [252]-256. Shem, [36]. | Siar, [71]. Sibyl, [44]. Sid, [106]. Sif, [44], [89], [170], [187], [189]-192. Sigar, [46]. Sigge, [46]. Sighan, [257]. Sighvat, [20]. Sigmund, [196]-204. Sigurd, [196]-204, [262], [267]. Simrock (K.), [18], [19],[253], [263]. Simul, [66]. Sinfjotle, [204]. |
Sjafne - Snotra | |
Sjafne, [98]. Sjofn, [98]. Skade, [84], [85], [139], [158], [159], [185], [187], [228], [236], [259]. Skeggold, [99]. Skidbladner, [108]-113, [189]-192, [234], [263]. Skifid, [71]. Skinfaxe, [66]. Skirfir, [71]. Skirner, [94], [101]-103, [143], [263]. Skjaldun, [45]. | Skol, [67]. Skrymer, [116]-127. Skuld, [74], [100], [243], [252], [256]. Sleeping Beauty, [254]. Sleipner, [73], [108]-112, [133], [169]-176, [259]. Slidrugtanne, [134]. Sna, [241]. Snorre, 9, [19]-27, [221], [226], [233], [239], [242], [243]. Snotra, [98]. |
Sokmimer - Syr | |
Sokmimer, [245]. Sol, [99]. Solvarg, [67]. Sorle, [202]-206 Spain, [225]. Steinthor, [235]. Stephens (Geo.), [230]. Strabo, [226]. Sturle (Thordsson), [21], [249]. Styx, [248]. Sun, [66]. Surt, 8, [57], [78], [142]-149, [168], [249]. Svade, [241]. Svafner, [76], [243], [246], [247]. Svanhild, [199]-206. | Svartalfaheim, [94]. Svasud, [80]. Sveinsson (Br.), [17]. Svid, [246]. Svidar, [54]. Svidr, [236]. Svidrir, [81]. Svidur, [245]. Svithjod, [46], [49], [181], [207], [211], [225], [228], [236]. Svebdegg, [46]. Svolne, [174]. Syn, [98]. Syr, [97]. |
T - Thorstein | |
Tacitus, [244]. Tanais, [225]. Tangnjost, [83]. Tangrisner, [83]. Tartareans, [225]. Taylor (W.), [16]. Testament (New), [28]. Testament (Old), [28]. Teutons, [222]-224, [229], [230], [239], [244], [253], [263], [264]. Thjalfe, [114], [115],[120], [121], [126], [171], [173], [181]. Thjasse, [84], [85], [155]-158, [184]-187, [210]. Thjode, [196]. | Thjodnuma, [106]. Thjodolf, [51], [174],[184], [243]. Thol, [106]. Thor, 6, 8, [29], [41], [44], [65], [73], [82], [83], [89], [100], [109]-153, [165]-192, [205]-243, [251], [259], [260], [263]. Thorarin, [235]. Thord, [20]. Thorer, [235]. Thorin, [70]. Thorn, [179]. Thorodd (Runemaster), [27]. Thorpe (Benjamin), [15], [252], [257], [259], [262]. Thorre, [241]. Thorstein (Viking’s son), [241]. |
Thrace - Tyr | |
Throin, [71]. Thror, [245]. Thrud, [99]. Thruda, [183]. Thrudgelmer, [250]. Thrudvang, [82], [127],[173], [232], [259]. Thrym, 7. Thrymheim, [84], [85], [156], [259]. Thucydides, [22]. Thul, [56]. Thule, [30]. | Thvite, [96]. Thyn, [106]. Tiber, [221]. Tieck, [250]. Tivisco, [244]. Tom Thumb, [251]. Torfason (T.), [17]. Tror, [44]. Tros, [43]. Troy, [38], [43], [44], [47], [64], [151], [166], [167], [168], [222]-224, [229]. Tshudic, [240]. Turkey, [38], [45], [47], [151], [166]. Turkland, [229]. Tyr, 6, 8, [29], [87], [92], [95], [143], [153], [165], [187], [244], [260]. |
U | |
Ukko-Thor, [239]. Ulfhedinn, [233]. | Umea, [250]. Upsala, [47], [215], [216], [232], [237]. Ural Mountains, [229]. Urd, 10, [19], [73], [74], [76], [243], [252]-256. Utgard, [118]-127. Utgard-Loke, [119]-130. |
V - Vestre | |
Vafthrudner, [58], [243], [244]. Vainamoinen, [84]. Vale, [71], [89], [100], [139], [148], [153], [260]. Valhal, 6, 7, [28], [51], [81], [99], [104]-109, [132], [170]-176, [188], [235], [243]. Vanadis, [97]. Vanaland, [226]-228. Vanaquisl, [225]-226. | Var, [98]. Vartare, [192]. Vasad, [80]. Ve, [60], [227], [230], [243], [249]. Vedas, [253]. Vedfolner, [75]. Veggdegg, [45]. Vegsvin, [106]. Verdande, [74], [243],[252], [256]. Verer, [46]. Vesete, [240]. Vestfal, [46]. Vestre, [61]. |
Vid - Votan | |
Vidar, 8, [89], [143], [145], [148], [153], [168], [177], [187], [259], [260]. Vidblain, [78]. Vidfin, [66]. Vidsete, [215]. Vidur, [81]. Vifil, [240]. Vifilsey, [240]. Vig, [70]. Vigfusson (G.), 9, [26],[75], [223], [248], [265]. Viking, [240]. Vile, [60], [230], [243], [249], [277]. Villenwood, [251]. Vin, [106]. Vina, [106]. | Vindalf, [70]. Vindlone, [80]. Vindsval, [80]. Vingethor, [44]. Vingolf, [54], [69], [81], [247]. Vinland, [30]. Virfir, [71]. Vit, [71]. Vitrgils, [46]. Vodin, [45]. Volukrontes, [167]. Von, [96]. Vor, [98]. Vot, [215]. Votan, [244]. |
W | |
Wafurloge, [263]. Wainamoinen, [239]. Wallachia, [228]. Warburton, [253]. Weird Sisters, [253]-256. Welsh, [240]. Wenern, [215]. Wessebrun Prayer, [256]. | Wilbet, [255]. Williamstown, [232]. Witches, [253]-256. Wodan, [244]. Worbet, [255]. Worm (Chr.), [17]. Worm (Ole), [17]. |
Y | |
Ydaler, [259]. Ygdrasil, 6, 8, [15], [29], [72], [73]-78, [108], [142], [143], [252], [263]. Ymer, 5, [24], [58]-63, [70], [128], [179], [240], [249], [250]. | Yngve-Frey, [186]. Yrsa, [213]-216. Yvigg, [46]. |
Z | |
Zalmoxis, [244]. | |