Chicago
Scott, Foresman and Company
1901
Copyright, 1879,
By S. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY.
PRESS OF
THE HENRY O. SHEPARD CO. CHICAGO.
TO
HON. THOS. F. BAYARD,
AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES, IN GRATEFUL
RECOLLECTION OF PLEASANT OFFICIAL
RELATIONS.
[PREFACE.]
In the beginning, before the heaven and the earth and the sea were created, the great abyss Ginungagap was without form and void, and the spirit of Fimbultyr moved upon the face of the deep, until the ice-cold rivers, the Elivogs, flowing from Niflheim, came in contact with the dazzling flames from Muspelheim. This was before Chaos.