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... Norse . Edinburgh . D. M. - Jacob Grimm , Deutsche Mythologie . 3te Ausgabe . Göt- tingen , 1854 . Hertz , Der Werwolf . Stuttgart , 1862 . Kemble , The Saxons in England . London , 1849 . Kuhn , Herab . - Die Herabkunft des Feuers und ...
... Norse . Edinburgh . D. M. - Jacob Grimm , Deutsche Mythologie . 3te Ausgabe . Göt- tingen , 1854 . Hertz , Der Werwolf . Stuttgart , 1862 . Kemble , The Saxons in England . London , 1849 . Kuhn , Herab . - Die Herabkunft des Feuers und ...
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... Norse swan - maidens were in the habit of taking off their swan shirts , and leaving them on the margin of a lake , while they bathed there in human form ; but it often happened that the shirt was stolen by some mortal who had watched ...
... Norse swan - maidens were in the habit of taking off their swan shirts , and leaving them on the margin of a lake , while they bathed there in human form ; but it often happened that the shirt was stolen by some mortal who had watched ...
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... Norse giants , to build them a strong castle in a year and a half , if they would give him the sun and moon , and the great goddess , Freyja . After consulting to- gether upon the proposal , the gods resolved to accept it , on these ...
... Norse giants , to build them a strong castle in a year and a half , if they would give him the sun and moon , and the great goddess , Freyja . After consulting to- gether upon the proposal , the gods resolved to accept it , on these ...
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... Norse plural tìvar , gods ; and among those of the Slave stock , the Servians alone preserve a trace of it in the word diw , giant . The daêvas of the Medes and Persians were in early times degraded from the rank of gods to that of ...
... Norse plural tìvar , gods ; and among those of the Slave stock , the Servians alone preserve a trace of it in the word diw , giant . The daêvas of the Medes and Persians were in early times degraded from the rank of gods to that of ...
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... Norse Tyr . Dyaush pitâ was the god of the blue firmament , but even in the Vedic times his grandeur was already on the wane . Indra , the new lord of the firmament , had left him little more than a titular sovereignty in his own domain ...
... Norse Tyr . Dyaush pitâ was the god of the blue firmament , but even in the Vedic times his grandeur was already on the wane . Indra , the new lord of the firmament , had left him little more than a titular sovereignty in his own domain ...
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Agni ancient appears Aryans asvattha believed besoms Bhrigu bird bride burning called cattle chark churning clouds colour cuckoo custom dead death demon divine dragon drink earth elves England father fern fern-seed fire Freyja furious host German Gervase of Tilbury giant goddess gods golden Greek Grimm hair haoma hare hazel heaven heavenly Hindus Holda hoopoe horn horses human Indo-European Indra kindled king known Kuhn ladybird latter legend lightning Mannhardt Maruts milk mountain mythical mythology myths nature needfire night Norse Odin origin palasa peas Perchta Picus Pitris plant popular Prometheus race Rig Veda Romans round rowan sacred Sanscrit says Schwartz sieve soma souls springwort stick stork storm story tell Thor Thor's thunderbolt tradition tree Vedas Vedic village werewolf Westf wheel whilst wife wild hunt wild huntsman winds wish-rod witches Woden wolf wood word wren Yggdrasil Zeus