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| Note: | Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/historyofdenmark02dunhuoft Project Gutenberg has the other volume of this work. Volume I: see http://www.gutenberg.org/files/59593/59593-h/59593-h.htm |
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DENMARK, SWEDEN AND NORWAY,
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| 888. | Establishment of a Government in the Orkneys by Harald Harfagre; Sigurd, the first Jarl |
| 889892. | Able Administration of Sigurd; he is succeeded by Einar |
| 893936. | Administration of Einar |
| 936943. | Of Arnkel and Erlend, the Sons of Einar |
| 946980. | Succession of Jarls |
| 9801014. | Sigurd, the next Jarl, compelled to embrace Christianity; Legend |
| Piratical Depredations on the neighbouring Islands | |
| 861, &c. | Iceland Discovered by the Norwegian Naddod, who is followed by other Navigators |
| 874. | Iceland first colonised by Ingulf; Fate of Jorleif |
| 884. | Other Colonists, especially Thorolf, the Priest of Thor; Manner in which he established the new Colony |
| 874936. | Progress of the new Colonies |
| Formation of a Northern Code | |
| 930. | Internal Economy of this important Island; the great Chief of the Law |
| Circumstances which led to the Discovery of Greenland by Eric the Red | |
| Christianity Introduced into Greenland by Leif, the Son of Eric | |
| 1001. | Alleged Discovery of North America by Biarn, a Descendant of Ingulf |
| The newly-discovered Country visited by Leif, the Son of Eric | |
| Remarks on this Relation | |
| 10041008. | Voyage of Thorwald, who dies in the Country called Vinland |
| 1009. | Thorfin, a Norwegian Chief, makes the first Attempt at Colonisation |
| 10261121. | The Country visited by other People, especially by the Missionaries |
| The Balance of Evidence decidedly in favour of the alleged Discovery of the American Continent many Ages before Columbus | |
| 862. | A Scandinavian Dynasty founded in Russia by Ruric |
| Circumstances connected with that memorable Event; how far probable | |
| 861, 862. | Novogrod the Seat of the new Dynasty |
| The Domination of the Strangers extended to Kief; two Governments | |
| 882. | Evils arising from the Creation of two States; Kief subdued by the Regent of Novogrod |
| Maritime Expeditions of the Northmen into Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, &c. |
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| Religion of the Pagan Northmen an interesting Subject of Inquiry |
| The Two Eddas |
| I. Smund, reputed Compiler of the Poetic Edda; its slow Publication |
| Poems included in the Elder Edda divisible into four Classes |
| 1. The Mystic Class: |
| The Voluspa |
| The Grougaldor |
| The Magic of Odin similar in many Respects to that of Zoroaster |
| 2. The Mytho-didactic Class: |
| The Vafthrudnis-ml |
| Grimnis-ml |
| Other Pieces of this Class |
| The Hava-ml |
| 3. The purely Mythologic Class: |
| The Hymis-guida |
| The Hamars-heimt |
| The Rafna-galdur Odins |
| The Skirnirs-for |
| The Vegtams-Quida |
| Undoubted Antiquity of the preceding Poems |
| 4. The Mytho-historical Class |
| II. The Prose or Younger Edda, usually ascribed to Snorro Sturleson |
| Some Account of that celebrated Man |
| Sources from which he drew |
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| Progress of Creation according to that venerable Authority, the Elder Edda |
| The Waters of Nifleheim flow into the Abyss and freeze |
| But they are thawed by the Fires of Muspelheim |
| To the Operation of Cold and Heat on the Waters of Nifleheim must be ascribed the Origin of this visible Universe |
| Generation of Ymer, the Patriarch of the Frost Giants |
| Creation of the Cow Andumbla, which calls Bur into Existence |
| From this new Being, half Deity, half Giant, arose Odin, Vil, and V |
| Ymer destroyed, and the Universe formed from his Body |
| Affinities between the Scandinavian and other Systems of Mythology |
| The Cow, as a Symbol, very generally diffused |
| Physical Interpretation of the Mythos |
| Physical Interpretation of another Mythos, the Destruction of Ymer and his Offspring |
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