The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-06 00:00:00

FOR THE SIN.

EDDA.
FAULE IV.—ln what Manner the Sons of Boat
formed the Heavens and the Earth.
EDlTOR—Gangler now asked, Was there
any sort of equality, and of good intelligence,
between these two different races ?—llar an-
swers—This was so far from being the case, that
the sons of Bore slew the giant Ynter ; that
such was the quantity of blood that issued from
his wounds that all the families of the Giants of
the Frost were drowned, all excepting one giant,
who escaped together with his family ; and the
name of this Giant is Bergehner. By getting
into his vessel;he avoided death ;* and by him
was the race of the Giants of the Frost preserved
from total destruction. This account is confirm-
ed by the following lines :
" Many winters before the earth was formed, Bergehner had
been born into the world ; and well do I know, that by enter-
ing into his bark, this wise giant escaped from destruction."
G'angler now asked And at this time what
actions did. the children of Bore, whom you be'
lieve to be Gods, then perform ?-11ar answers
—To relate this is no trifling task. The body
of Ymer they dragged forth into the sen, and
from it they formed the land. The water and
the sea they made out of his blood, the mound
tains from his bones, and from his teeth were
formed the stones ;
and out of his hollow bones
mingled .with•the .blood which flowed from big
wounds, they made the vast ocean, in the midst
'of which they fixed the earth. Then having
made the sky from his skull, they laid it down
cm all sides upon the earth, dividi" it into four
parts, and at each .corner they placed a dwarf to
uphold it ; and the names of those four dwarfs
are, East, West, South, and North. Then taking
fires from the flaming world of the South, they
placed some below, in the abyss, and others alone
in the Heaven, that they might give light to
the
earth. To each of these fires they .gave a fixed
place ; and from these, days were Dreaded`distinuish
and years are reckoned. Bence. do we l
the Vohespa :
" Before this period, the Sun knew not where its Pala%
stood, nor did the Moon know its power, and the Stars we
ignorant of the places in which they should stand."
Upon hearing this, G angler exclaimed, The.se
were indeed stupendous works, and art was the
enterprize! liar proceeded and said,
is round, and around it is placed the deep Se!!
the shores of which have been given to the gla.n!._
for a dwelling-place. But further inland, and
a spot every where equally distant from thesei!
the Gods erected a fortress against the Giaill!!
and the walls of this fortress surround • thesia7..
'To accomplish this work the made use of the ex'
ertions of Ymer ;- and to the fort they gave rat
name of Midgard (abode in the middle) his brii,L,
they next threw up into the air, and they
bac_ T_.;
the earl"
clouds, according as it is recorded in'the'
lines :
" From the flesh of Ymer was formed the earth. th,,ef thu
from his sweat, the mountains from his bones, the rsa-your-
dwelling-place for the sons of men ;
fields from his hair, and the sky from his head. 'lilt fd a
able God with his eyebrows built the city Of jtfidlarl; the
A. r.
fatal clouds were made."
• Here again we meet with traces of some tradition refthe.
to the deluge ; a tradition existing, not only amongst 4"
and from his 11'11
nations of China, but even in America !

the neighbourhood of Dundee, died
A goldfinch, in the possesiion of a fimilY ill
advanced age of 24. tri l
lately id th 6
At Bedford Sessions, William Calls wl! „e's
for stealing a candle, value one penny. ",e „.,'
acquitted from a flaw in the indictment, it -1".
peering that the candle had been burning sain''
time, and, therefore, was only apart of °". r rr
A gentleman of this city, on crossing,
at Naburn, paid a sovereign by mistake fowl,
shilling ; lie also changed a shilling altheathe big
on Ouse-bridge, therefore, when he has
gold, lie was not able to ascertain where he I'm
surprised ,
parted with it. He was agreeably
next morning, to see William Reader, the fer•rli;
man, enter his room, smiling, with the sovrrt!ii
hurrieu its
in his hand ; the worthy man having
to. York, a walk of four miles, to restore it tc'ree
frightful owner, who insisted on his' taking
to
to
reshment, and with difficulty persuaded ""ty,
for his
liones J
accept a half crown as a gratuity
(York Chronicle.)
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MA. onv.
On Monday, the Ist in: R
at i.ambethßlED church, ,llr•lajcsArst,
Clare Matthews of Itomford, Essex, to Miss '"'
Drewe, of Newbury, Berks. •

the 0 nlady o Tuesday,capttab ei
n 2 dE inst.iri i
4,l)toofinEa, Df3e.vd era auto, theni
s, TitonWaeC 11,bit;0 :0:4!
Henry Hare Townsend, Esq., of Upper Seymour street,
man-square.
Of the Singboorn fever, while on his)ourneLm;l" rig:f;
to Calcutta, with the intention of returning to rlngt
Wesley Voysey, surgeon, on the Nth of April as

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