They hid the ends,
Where the prince had
Lands between;
Toward the north
Nere’s sister
Cast a chain,
Which she bade last forever.
Nay, in the Norseman’s faith, man and all things about him were sustained by divine power. The norns decreed by rigid fate each man’s career, which not even the gods could alter. Man was free to act, but all the consequences of his actions were settled beforehand.
PART II.
THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF THE GODS.
VERDANDE.