 | Paul Henri Mallet - Eddas - 1770 - 500 pages
...*« father of {laughter,- the God that carrieth " defolation and fire ; the active and roar'« ing deity ; he who giveth victory, and " reviveth courage in the conflict -, who «« nameth thofe that are to be flain." The warriors who went to battle, made a vow to fend him a... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 572 pages
...great Temple of Upsal, was represented holding a sword in his hand. The Edda describes him as a *' terrible and severe God; the father of slaughter;...giveth victory and reviveth courage in the conflict." In Asgard, or the realm of the Gods, the Olympus of the North, Odin had several palaces. In Gladheim,... | |
 | Danes - 1809 - 406 pages
...and fdvere God'; the father of flaughter ; " the God that carrieth defolation and fire ; the ac" live and roaring deity ; he who giveth victory, and! " reviveth courage in the conftiet; who nameth thofe " that are to be flain." The warriors who went to battle, made a vow to... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - Botany - 1813 - 496 pages
...and looked upon him as little more than the god of war, in which character he is called in the Edda, "the terrible and severe god, the father of slaughter,...victory, and reviveth courage in the conflict; who nameth those that are to be slain." Such as were most brave in battle, and as died fighting, were received... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1824 - 300 pages
...apparently claimed to be an avatar or descent or incarnation : this god is the severe and terrible god; the father of slaughter ; the god, that carrieth...giveth victory, and reviveth courage in the conflict ; he, who nameth those that are to be slain*. From the character of the people was drawn the character... | |
 | John Barrow - 1835 - 376 pages
...seem to betray an Oriental origin— indeed, the whole wild mythology evidently points to the East. One cannot read the attributes ascribed to Odin without...transferred to other names. One thing, however, is quite certain,—that the Scalds and their poetic compositions existed long before the time of Snorro, and... | |
 | George Smith - Druids and Druidism - 1846 - 562 pages
...Vingolf, and bestows upon them the title of heroes." * He is therefore called, " The terrible and severe god, that carrieth desolation and fire ; the active...victory, and reviveth courage in the conflict ; who nameth those that are to be slain." The warriors who went to battle were accustomed to vow to send... | |
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God, the father of slaughter, the God that carrieth desolation and fire ; the active and roaring deity, he who giveth victory and reviveth courage in the conflict; who names those that are to be slain*. 