The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-11 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

FABLE Xl.—Of theEGodDDlTl.hor, the Son of Odin.
Mit. EDlTOR—Gangkr asks—What are the
names of the other Gods ? What functions do
they fulfill ? and what glorious deeds have thee
performed ? liar said to him—Thor is the
most illustrious amongst them. He is called
Asa-Thor, which signifies the Lord Thor, or
Ake-Thor, the Nimble Thor. He is the strongest
of Gods and of men. In his kingdom he has a
palace wherein are 540 rooms. There is no
house equal to this in magnitude. Hence we
read in the Poems of Grinnis—
" There are 540 halls in the massy palace of
the God Thor; and truly do I believe that there
exists not any house larger than that of this first-
born among the sons."
The chariot of Thor is drawn by two he-
goats, and in this chariot he travels into the
country of the giants. Three precious things be-
long to him. The first of these is a club, well
known by the Giants of the Fort, and
by
those of the Mountains, whom they see hurled
against them in the air. Nor is this to be won-
dered at, for this God has often broken with
this club the heads of their fathers and of their re-
lations. The second jewel ,he possesses is named
the baldrick of valour. Whenever he girds it
on, be feels his strength increased two-fold. The
third, which is very valuable, are his iron gloves,
without which he cannot properly handle his
club. No one is sujciently
learned to
rate all his marvellous exploits, and I could re-
late so many of them that the day would close
ere I had done relating those with which I ant
enume-
acquainted. Gangler then said, I prefer hearing
of the other sons of Odin. liar answered
these words:—

FABLE !lII.—Of the Gods Balder and Niord.
The second of the sons of Odin is named
Balder. Gentle is his nature ; greatly pra
by men : and so beautiful is his countenance, and.
so dazzling his glance, that rays of light seem to
issue from his face. To give you some notion of
the beauty of his hair, know that the whitest of
vegetables is" called the eye=brow of
This God, so beautiful and so resplendant, is
also very eloquent, and very benignant: but n°
one has the power of changing any thg in the
the city of Breidablib. This place of sea
decrees he has once pronounced. Be dwells in
is in the Heavens, and nothing
_ that is impure can
remain therein, as is expressed in these verses.
" Balder possesses a palace in Braidablik, and
I know that in this place there are pillars oil
which, are engraved runic forms, capable Of cail-
ing forth the dead from the grave."
The third God isshe that is, called Si()rd*
He dwells in a place which is named Nollar*
He rules our • d win s, lulls the storms of the sea,
and arrests the progress of fire. Him must those
invoke, who wish to prove fortunate in hunting'
fishing, and in navigation. Such is his wealth,
his abode
that upon those' who serve him he can best"'
countries and treasures : on this account also it
it is proper to pray -to
But Niord is not of the race of the Gods. Ire
Was brought up in the country of tile Vattin, but
the Vani gave him as an hostage to the Gods,and
took in his stead Hauer and thus was peace be;
tween the Godsend the Void brought about. Neon,.
has taken to wife Skada daughter of the On'
Thiasse. She prefers dwelling with her father in the
country of hills ;' but as to Niord, he delights only
near the sea, but it was at length agreed that th
ney
ad
should spend nine nights amongst the hills'
three on the shores of the sea.. On den as Niord
was returning from the" hills, .he composed the
following song
" How do I hate to dwell but
have spent there not more than nine nights,
how long did they seem to me 1. There no other
sounds meet the ear, save the howling of w
olves;olves;
these I must. hear, instead of. sweet notes
swan." in hilly places
Skada answered him these lines ;
God at'
" Can find mare rest in the bed of the
the Sea, nor long as the birds which hasten every
Morning from the forest, waken me with their
shrieks."
Then Skada went home among the hills to bear
father, and there taking her bow, and puttingth°o
snow shoes, .is she frequently seen bunting
wild beasts of the forests. t' the
first
The God Thor, mentioned in the .
above fables, is evidently the sloe 11,1,, of the
lbws of the Persians, and the add.
Greeks. To the attributes of the latter be
whence he
ed that of the thunderbolts of beaVeul It is
was held in high veneration by the Celts' a"
remarkable, that amongst
lions, the. day consecrated by the, Remans co
.Jupiter Tonans, was dedicated to. Thor, when
our Thursday, or Thors-day. the
to be
In regard to Balder, he is supposed hare'
same as the Baal of the Phrygians, and nen"
been intended by the Celts for the Sun, a ve-and
cient. god, whose presence dispelled gloarri our
pestklence. He ruled not less our fire tha"
ils by
,water, and as such he was worshipped not °Gauls
the Celts, but also by the-Persians. The pre,
`,r to
yearly consecrated to him animals
" to 111°1
cious stuffs, and gold and silver. It WAS cost
that were consecrated the immense riches
ue.
into a celebrated pond near .Toulouse,in flgered.
all the northern
to
doc. Under this character, he may be censiond
as the Neptune of the Romans, Which 01
I 0 ,
held in veneration by the• Celtic- tribes in st• taT

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