[75] Without guardians or keepers?
[76] See p. 18. God is frequently called the "King of the Seven Heavens," cf. p. 120.
[77] Or "King of Victories."
[78] In the Vision of Adamnan the river is of fire. In Dante's Purgatorio (Canto xxxi.) the soul is bathed in the river of Lethe.
[79] Tromthur, in l. 906 of the poem, seems to refer to waves.
[80] Lit. "before the gate of Jerusalem," but see Rev. Celt., vi. p. 104.
[81] i.e. in his skull; this is a curious tradition.
ANCIENT PAGAN POEMS