Fraser's Magazine, Volume 84Longmans, Green, and Company, 1871 |
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... father was an Irish chief , who never had the smallest pretension to be King of Ireland ; Queen Victoria is descended from Eva : therefore Queen Victoria is Queen of Ireland . Great Britain is thrown in as a trifle of no consequence ...
... father was an Irish chief , who never had the smallest pretension to be King of Ireland ; Queen Victoria is descended from Eva : therefore Queen Victoria is Queen of Ireland . Great Britain is thrown in as a trifle of no consequence ...
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... father's name was Björn ( bear ) , who was changed into a bear by his step - mother , and in this shape he ran about the woods in the day - time , but in the night he was a man . Böðvarr's mother was called Bera ( a she - bear ) , yet ...
... father's name was Björn ( bear ) , who was changed into a bear by his step - mother , and in this shape he ran about the woods in the day - time , but in the night he was a man . Böðvarr's mother was called Bera ( a she - bear ) , yet ...
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... father of those monsters , and the hag is probably the same as Angrboða ( grief - boding ) , with whom he had Hel , the Miðgarðsormr ( ser- pent ) , and Fenrisúlfr ( wolf ) ; for in the strophe of Völuspá which de- scribes Mánagarmr ...
... father of those monsters , and the hag is probably the same as Angrboða ( grief - boding ) , with whom he had Hel , the Miðgarðsormr ( ser- pent ) , and Fenrisúlfr ( wolf ) ; for in the strophe of Völuspá which de- scribes Mánagarmr ...
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... father of the Miðgarðsormr ( ser- pent ) , which , holding his tail in his mouth , encircles the whole earth . This seems to indicate serpent - wor- ship . This monster was also called Jörmungandr ( the mighty wolf ) . Further , Loki ...
... father of the Miðgarðsormr ( ser- pent ) , which , holding his tail in his mouth , encircles the whole earth . This seems to indicate serpent - wor- ship . This monster was also called Jörmungandr ( the mighty wolf ) . Further , Loki ...
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... father was brought to life . But it occurs to me that the three days ' during which the cow licked the stones may mean three periods of gestation , and that Auðhumbla actually was the mother of Buri , which simply means born , her preg ...
... father was brought to life . But it occurs to me that the three days ' during which the cow licked the stones may mean three periods of gestation , and that Auðhumbla actually was the mother of Buri , which simply means born , her preg ...
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