Notions concerning a Supreme, Eternal 49 Being entertained by the Scandinavians
Creation of other Beings, especially the 50 Dwarfs
Ascent of slain Heroes from Earth to 63 Heaven
Bloodthirsty Character of the Odinists 63
Their wondrous Manufactures at the 70 Instance of Loke
Races which inhabited the Scandinavian 78 Universe
Were the Aser Gods, or Mortals only, or 79 deified Mortals?
Some Reasons for the Inference that Odin 80 and his Followers really existed
Hypothesis of two Odins, how far 81 reconcileable with Facts
Did Odin, in his own Case, inculcate the 82 Doctrine of Metempsychosis?
Conclusion that Odin and his Companions 82 actually existed on Earth; but how account for the divine Attributes claimed by them? still more, how account for the extraordinary Diffusion of their Worship?
Two distinct Systems of Religion 84 evidently prevalent in the North,—the Native and the Foreign,—that of Thor, and that of Odin
And also two distinct Systems of Magic 85
Progress of Odin and his Companions 88 towards Deification
Geographical Position of the Aser and 89 Vanir led to their celestial Location
The Union of two Systems—the Native and 91 the Foreign, the Finnish and the Gothic—every where discernible in the Eddas
CHIEF MYTHOLOGICAL PERSONAGES OF SCANDINAVIA.
ODIN, THOR, AND LOKE.—THEIR CHARACTERS PHYSICALLY INTERPRETED.—THEIR WIVES AND OFFSPRING.—THE THREE DEMON CHILDREN OF LOKE.—INFLUENCE OF THIS DEITY OVER THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE.—HE IS PRESENT IN EVERY GREAT MYTHOS.—RAPE OF IDUNA.—THOR’S VISITS TO JOTUNHEIM.—THOR AND THE GIANT HYMIR.—THOR AND THE GIANT THRYM.—NIVOD, FREYR, FREYA.—EXPEDITION OF SKIRNIR-ÆGIR AND RAN.—OTHER DEITIES.—BALDER.—PUNISHMENT OF LOKE.—RAGNAROK.—RECOGNITION OF A GREAT FIRST CAUSE BY THE PAGAN SCANDINAVIANS.
This Legend furnishes another Proof of 95 the Fact that Odin was a foreign Deity
THOR, his Superiority over Odin in the 96 more ancient System of the North, and his three Treasures
The Giants, the everlasting Enemies of 98 Thor
This Article of popular Belief 98 essentially Celtic
Manner in which the last-named Demon was 102 bound by the Gods
Loke originally the same with 103 Utgardelok, and the Personification of Evil in the Celtic Creed
Mythological Fables in which Loke is 104 concerned