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Page 460
... mentioned in stories of dwarfs , and the AS . formula couples together ' êsagescot and ylfagescot , ' these elves being apparently armed with weapons like those of the gods themselves ; 1 the divine thunderbot is even called an ...
... mentioned in stories of dwarfs , and the AS . formula couples together ' êsagescot and ylfagescot , ' these elves being apparently armed with weapons like those of the gods themselves ; 1 the divine thunderbot is even called an ...
Page 461
... mentioned on p . 443. One who is seduced by elves is called in Danish ellevild , and this ellevildelse in reference to women is thus described : ' at elven legede med dem . ' Blowing puffing beings language itself shews them to be from ...
... mentioned on p . 443. One who is seduced by elves is called in Danish ellevild , and this ellevildelse in reference to women is thus described : ' at elven legede med dem . ' Blowing puffing beings language itself shews them to be from ...
Page 463
... mention Odin's hat with turned - up brim ( p . 146 ) , Mercury's petasus , Wish's hat , which our fairy - tales still call wishing - hat , 2 and Pluto's or Orcus's helmet ( ' Aïdos Kuvéŋ , Il . 5 , 845. Hesiod , Scut . 227 ) . The ...
... mention Odin's hat with turned - up brim ( p . 146 ) , Mercury's petasus , Wish's hat , which our fairy - tales still call wishing - hat , 2 and Pluto's or Orcus's helmet ( ' Aïdos Kuvéŋ , Il . 5 , 845. Hesiod , Scut . 227 ) . The ...
Page 472
... mentioned in several MHG . poems : Sie wolten daz kein pilwiz si dâ schüzze durch diu knie . Wh . 324 , 8 . Er solde sîn ein guoter und ein pilewis geheizen , davon ist daz in reizen die übeln ungehiure . Rüediger von zwein gesellen ...
... mentioned in several MHG . poems : Sie wolten daz kein pilwiz si dâ schüzze durch diu knie . Wh . 324 , 8 . Er solde sîn ein guoter und ein pilewis geheizen , davon ist daz in reizen die übeln ungehiure . Rüediger von zwein gesellen ...
Page 475
... mentioned belief is also one of long standing . Thus the Lex Bajuvar . 12 ( 13 ) , 8 : ' si quis messes alterius initiaverit maleficis artibus , et inventus fuerit , cum duodecim solidis componat , quod aranscarti1 dicunt . ' I dare say ...
... mentioned belief is also one of long standing . Thus the Lex Bajuvar . 12 ( 13 ) , 8 : ' si quis messes alterius initiaverit maleficis artibus , et inventus fuerit , cum duodecim solidis componat , quod aranscarti1 dicunt . ' I dare say ...
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