Wonderful Stories from Northern LandsLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 240 páginas |
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Página xi
... earth . The child , as he reads , knows here that the maiden is Psychê , and that in the end she shall meet him whom she has lost ; but he is none the less pleased when he sees the same beautiful form in the more homely dress of the ...
... earth . The child , as he reads , knows here that the maiden is Psychê , and that in the end she shall meet him whom she has lost ; but he is none the less pleased when he sees the same beautiful form in the more homely dress of the ...
Página xv
... earth can hurt Balder , except one little plant of whom Odin thought it not worth while to exact the oath sworn by all other creatures . In other words , he can be slain only in one way , as Achilleus and other heroes are vulnerable ...
... earth can hurt Balder , except one little plant of whom Odin thought it not worth while to exact the oath sworn by all other creatures . In other words , he can be slain only in one way , as Achilleus and other heroes are vulnerable ...
Página xvii
... earth . The flowers refuse to bloom , the seed will not grow , the trees will not put forth their leaves , while the maiden remains in the dark land , and the mourning mother grieves at Eleusis until her child comes back . Then the joy ...
... earth . The flowers refuse to bloom , the seed will not grow , the trees will not put forth their leaves , while the maiden remains in the dark land , and the mourning mother grieves at Eleusis until her child comes back . Then the joy ...
Página xviii
... earth , where the prince finds her with the nine - headed dragon on her lap . We see her again in the princess who lies seemingly dead in the House of Wood , † which breaks up in the spring like the ice . There is no mistaking the ...
... earth , where the prince finds her with the nine - headed dragon on her lap . We see her again in the princess who lies seemingly dead in the House of Wood , † which breaks up in the spring like the ice . There is no mistaking the ...
Página xix
Julia Goddard. scious finds herself , we see the loveliness which the earth puts on , on the sudden outburst of spring . The image of Iduna is but a reflection of that of Ingebjorg in the story of Frithiof ( XIII . ) , who is deprived of ...
Julia Goddard. scious finds herself , we see the loveliness which the earth puts on , on the sudden outburst of spring . The image of Iduna is but a reflection of that of Ingebjorg in the story of Frithiof ( XIII . ) , who is deprived of ...
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Æsir Ager answered Asgard asked Author Balder beautiful Bifröst birds Bragi bride brothers cauldron Christin dark DICTIONARY Dvalin dwarfs eagle earth Egil eyes feast fell Fenris Freyia Freyr Friga Frithiof giant gods gold golden grind ground hair Halfdan hammer heard heaven Heimdall Hela Helgi Hermöd HISTORY Höder Huldra Hymir Iduna Illustrations Ingebjorg JOHN STUART MILL Jormungand Jötun Jötunheim King Olaf knew land Loki look Lord loved maiden Maps Menia Menia and Fenia mighty never night Odin once palace Plates Portrait Post 8vo princess queen quern stones Raska revised ring rose sailed Saint Olaf Second Edition ship shouted Sir Peter Skrymner Slagfin Sleipner sorrow Square crown 8vo story thee Thialfe Thiasse Third Edition Thor Thor's Thorwald thou thought Thrym Thursi told ugly sprite Utgarda Loke voice vols Völund weep whilst wife wonderful Wood Woodcuts
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