Northern Antiquities/Volume 2

by Paul Henri Mallet

Northern Antiquities.

VOLUME II.

Translation of the Edda, and other Islandic Pieces.

Northern Antiquities:

OR,

A DESCRIPTION

OF THE

Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws

OF THE

ANCIENT DANES,

And other Northern Nations;

Including those of

Our own SAXON ANCESTORS.

WITH

A Translation of the Edda, or

System of RUNIC MYTHOLOGY,

AND

OTHER PIECES,

From the Ancient Islandic Tongue.

In TWO VOLUMES.

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TRANSLATED

From Mons. Mallet’s Introduction a l’ Histoire de Dannemarc, &c.

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With Additional Notes

By the English Translator,

AND

Goranson's Latin Version of the Edda.

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VOLUME II.

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LONDON:

Printed for T. Carnan and Co. at No. 65. in

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME II.

The Author's Introduction.		Page i
The Edda, or Ancient Icelandic (or Runic) MYTHOLOGY.		p. I
VIZ.
The Vision of Gylfe: and Illusions of Har.		p. 1
1 Fable.	Questions of Gangler.	p. 7
2 Fab.	Of the Burning of the World, and of Surtur.	p. 13
3 Fab.	Of the Cow Œdumla.	p. 18
4 Fab.	How the sons of Bore made Heaven and Earth.	p. 22
5 Fab.	Of the formation of Aske and Emla.	p. 28
6 Fab.	Of the Giant Nor.	p. 33
7 Fab.	Of the Way that leads to Heaven.	p. 40
8 Fab.	Of the Holy City, or Residence of the Gods.	p. 49
9 Fab.	Of the Cities which are in Heaven.	p. 57
10 Fab.	Of the Gods to be believed in.	p. 61
11 Fab.	Of the God Thor, the son of Odin.	p. 65
12 Fab.	Of the God Balder.	p. 70
13 Fab.	Of the God Frey, and the Goddess Freya.	p. 76
14 Fab.	Of the God Tyr.	p. 79
15 Fab.	Of Heimdall, and some other Gods.	p. 82
16 Fab.	Of Loke.	p. 85
17 Fab.	Of the Wolf Fenris.	p. 90
18 Fab.	Of the Goddesses.	p. 96
19 Fab.	Of Frey and Girde.	p. 102
20 Fab.	Of the Food of the Gods.	p. 105
21 Fab.	Of the Horse Sleipner, and his origin.	p. 112
22 Fab.	Of the Ship of the Gods.	p. 116
23 Fab.	Of the God Thor.	p. 117
24 Fab.	Of Thialfe’s art.	p. 125
25 Fab.	Of the Trials that Thor underwent.	p. 126
26 Fab.	The Illusions accounted for.	p. 129
27 Fab.	Of the voyage undertaken by Thor, to go to fish for the Great Serpent.	p. 134
28 Fab.	Of Balder the Good.	p. 138
29 Fab.	Hermode’s journey to Hell.	p. 149
30 Fab.	The flight of Loke.	p. 154
31 Fab.	The punishment of Loke.	p. 157
32 Fab.	Of the Twilight of the Gods.	p. 159
33 Fab.	The sequel of the Conflagration of the world.	p. 164
An Idea of the Second Part of the Edda.		p. 183
An Idea of the more Ancient Edda,
Viz.	Of the Voluspa.	p. 201
Viz.	Of the Havamaal, or Sublime Discourse of Odin.	p. 205
Viz.	Of the Runic Chapter, or Magic of Odin.	p. 216
Odes and other Ancient Poems.		p. 225
Viz.	Extracts from the Ode of king Regner Lodbrog.	p. 228
Viz.	The Ode of Harald the Valiant.	p. 236, 237
Viz.	The Elogium of Hacon.	p. 239, 240
Viz.	The History of Charles and Grymer, Swedish kings; and of Hialmer, the son of Harec, king of Biarmland.	p. 245, 248
Supplement.		p. 269
Hyperboreorum Atlantiorum, seu Suiogotorum et Nordmannorum Edda, &c. Opera et studio Johannis Goranson.		p. 275