This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...was extinguished; but now on his coming to King Olafr he takes it out and lights it; it burns out quickly and he dies. In Saxo Grammaticus he appears as Uggerus votes, vir atatis incognita et supra humanum terminum prolixa. He has already become a mythical hero. Once he sat with his consort Frigg in HliSskjalf and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...was extinguished; but now on his coming to King Olafr he takes it out and lights it; it burns out quickly and he dies. In Saxo Grammaticus he appears as Uggerus votes, vir atatis incognita et supra humanum terminum prolixa. He has already become a mythical hero. Once he sat with his consort Frigg in HliSskjalf and looked out over the world. He speaks: "Seest thou thy favourite Agnarr begetting children in a cave with a giantess, while my favourite GeirroSr rules as king in the land?" Frigg accuses GeirroSr of avarice and of torturing his guests. Odin wagers that this is not true, and wishes to assure himself. Frigg craftily sends a servant to Geirroor, bidding him be on his guard against the wizard who has come into the land; he will know him for the dogs will not bark at him. Unrecognised, Odin came to King Geirroor, calling himself Grimnir (i.e. laruatus), in the form of a beggar, in order to try the king's heart. GeirroSr suspected the stranger in the long blue mantle of witchcraft, because the dogs did not attack him, and had him tortured by placing him between two burning blocks of wood. For eight nights Grimnir sat thus without food, and then gave GeirroSr's son who brought him refreshment full tidings of the invisible world of the gods. When he finally told his true name, GeirroSr fell on his sword and died. Saxo Grammaticus tells of the young Hadding who was wandering deserted, meditating vengeance for his father's death. An old one-eyed man took pity on him, and when he had to flee the old man took him up behind him on his horse. During the wild ride Hadding ventured to peep out from under the cloak by which he was covered, and to his horror he perceived that the horse was galloping over the waves of the sea. Specially close were Odin's r...
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