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Page 487
... Nerthus and dame Holla bathe in lake or pool , and the way to Holla's abode is through the well , Kinderm . 24. 79 . Hence to the general term holde or guoter holde ( genius , bonus genius ) is added a wazzerholde ( p . 266 ) , a ...
... Nerthus and dame Holla bathe in lake or pool , and the way to Holla's abode is through the well , Kinderm . 24. 79 . Hence to the general term holde or guoter holde ( genius , bonus genius ) is added a wazzerholde ( p . 266 ) , a ...
Page 596
... Nerthus and Holda are the most nearly connected with water - worship ( Holda lives in wells , pp . 268 , 487 ) ; and to them must be added swan - maidens , merminnes ( p . 433 ) , water - holdes , spring - holdes ( p . 268 ) , water ...
... Nerthus and Holda are the most nearly connected with water - worship ( Holda lives in wells , pp . 268 , 487 ) ; and to them must be added swan - maidens , merminnes ( p . 433 ) , water - holdes , spring - holdes ( p . 268 ) , water ...
Page 600
... Nerthus ( p . 251 ) . In the sea itself dwelt Oegir ( p . 237 ) and Rân ( p . 311 ) , and the waves are their daughters : the Edda speaks of nine waves , and gives their names ( Sn . 124 , conf . the riddles in the Hervararsaga , pp ...
... Nerthus ( p . 251 ) . In the sea itself dwelt Oegir ( p . 237 ) and Rân ( p . 311 ) , and the waves are their daughters : the Edda speaks of nine waves , and gives their names ( Sn . 124 , conf . the riddles in the Hervararsaga , pp ...
Page 641
... we have spoken already : Nerthus p . 251 , Erda p . 250 , Faírguni p . 172. 256 , Erce p . 253 , 1 Bird flies , wings drip . Bird flies , feathers drop . Stender's Gramm . 260 . Hludana p . 256 , and others ; in which STORM . 641.
... we have spoken already : Nerthus p . 251 , Erda p . 250 , Faírguni p . 172. 256 , Erce p . 253 , 1 Bird flies , wings drip . Bird flies , feathers drop . Stender's Gramm . 260 . Hludana p . 256 , and others ; in which STORM . 641.
Page 642
... Ner- thus ) . But also the bare element itself , the molte ( mould , pulvis ) p . 251 , was accounted holy : it is the xoàv Toλußóтeipa , out of its teeming lap rise fruits and trees , into it the dead are laid , and decay or fire ...
... Ner- thus ) . But also the bare element itself , the molte ( mould , pulvis ) p . 251 , was accounted holy : it is the xoàv Toλußóтeipa , out of its teeming lap rise fruits and trees , into it the dead are laid , and decay or fire ...
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