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Combats; Giants contending with the Gods; Loke perpetually deceiving them; Thor interposing in their defence, &c. This is nearly the whole of the Second Part. It would tire our Reader's patience to insert it here intire, although it is three-fourths less than the former. I shall perhaps stand in need of his indulgence, while I barely aim at giving him a succinct idea of it.
“Æger, a Danish nobleman, was
desirous, in imitation of Gylfe, of going to
Asgard, to visit the Gods. The Deities
expecting his coming, immediately mounted
on their lofty seats, that they might receive
him with the greater dignity: and the
Goddesses, who yielded to them in nothing,
took their places along with them. Æger
was splendidly entertained. Odin had
ranged all along the hall where they feasted,
swords of such an amazing brilliancy and
polish, that no other illuminations were
wanted. All the walls were covered with
glittering shields. They continued drinking
for a long time large draughts of the most
excellent mead. Brage, the God of
Eloquence, sat next to Eger, and the Gods had
committed their guest to his care. The
conversation that passed between Æger and
this Deity, is the subject of this Second
Part of the Edda. Brage begins with
