A Manual of Scandinavian Mythology, Containing a Popular Account of the Two Eddas and of the Religion of Odin (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from A Manual of Scandinavian Mythology, Containing a Popular Account of the Two Eddas and of the Religion of Odin The Mythology of the ancient Scandinavians, respecting which so much curious information has been brought to light, of late years, by the researches of many distinguished writers, in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden,1 has hitherto excited but little attention in this country, al though the subject is well calculated to awaken our interest, not only as the source of most of our popular superstitions, from whence the fa vourite authors of our early childhood and of our maturer age have drawn their witches, their fairies, their dwarfs, their giants, and their ghosts but in an historical point of view also. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |