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Page 443
... bodies , elements and plants by various languages ( supra , p . 332 ) ; in doing so , it mentions æsir , álfar , vanir , and in addition also goð , menn , ginregin , iötnar , dvergar and denizens of hel ( hades ) . Here the most ...
... bodies , elements and plants by various languages ( supra , p . 332 ) ; in doing so , it mentions æsir , álfar , vanir , and in addition also goð , menn , ginregin , iötnar , dvergar and denizens of hel ( hades ) . Here the most ...
Page 449
... body holds a medium between those of the giant and the elf ; an elf comes as much short of human size as a giant towers above it . All elves are imagined as small and tiny , but the light ones as well - formed and symmetrical , the ...
... body holds a medium between those of the giant and the elf ; an elf comes as much short of human size as a giant towers above it . All elves are imagined as small and tiny , but the light ones as well - formed and symmetrical , the ...
Page 483
... body all over hairy and strong , his bones without marrow ( solid ) nach dem geslehte der muoter sîn , after his mother's stock , deste sterker muoser sîn . the stronger must he be . In the Wolfdietrich a wild man like this is called ...
... body all over hairy and strong , his bones without marrow ( solid ) nach dem geslehte der muoter sîn , after his mother's stock , deste sterker muoser sîn . the stronger must he be . In the Wolfdietrich a wild man like this is called ...
Page 491
... body , which is exceedingly beautiful . The lower part , as with sirens , is said to consist of a fish - like tail ; but this feature is not essential , and most likely not truly Teutonic , for we never hear of a tailed nix , 3 and even ...
... body , which is exceedingly beautiful . The lower part , as with sirens , is said to consist of a fish - like tail ; but this feature is not essential , and most likely not truly Teutonic , for we never hear of a tailed nix , 3 and even ...
Page 497
... bodies found in the water have the nose red.1 ' Juxta pontem Mosellae quidam puerulus naviculam excidens submersus est ... body , or abode with the spirit that ever without ado breaketh the necks of the drowned ) . The Swedish supersti ...
... bodies found in the water have the nose red.1 ' Juxta pontem Mosellae quidam puerulus naviculam excidens submersus est ... body , or abode with the spirit that ever without ado breaketh the necks of the drowned ) . The Swedish supersti ...
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