The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-17
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So also of the rich decorations which adorn tho
three triangular compartments OF the platfond Tie
trst OF these represents group OF hgures, typliyinp
the creation of the external world and Of the human
race from chaos figured under the orm OF the giant
YmIr, ftom whose flesh was created the earth, the
heavens from his skull, the clouds from his brain,
and the sea from his blood From The shoulders OF
this beTg here represented. shoot forth the first
human pair, whilst from his lower limbs springs the
ample foliage OF the vegetable world, in the form OF
beautiful arabesques. On the right OF this principal
hgnre is placed Hela, the dread goddess OF dark
ness, OF night, and of hell, represented with the at
tributes OF Milton's Sin -
-" Before the gates there sat
On either side formidable shape;
The one seemed woman TO the waist, and fair
Bu, ended foul In many scaly fold,
voumnous and vast, serpent armd
WIN mortal sting"
On the lett is Surtur the god of the SUM- of light and
| OF heat the grim king OF M,spelhem, who mers
with fervent heat ICY rocks OF Nielheim from
whence springs Ymir-" ancestor of nature, aparch
old" He re we have the outlines of the northern
cosmOgOny, as traced in the lays of the Skads and
in the prose Edda. embodied in Sculpture and com
peted with the branches OF ash and alder, from
whence the names of the first and woman
Askur and Embs, were supposed by the inventors
OF this system to be borrowed
he second compartment of the paifond repre-
sents the two potent deltes II As gard, the Olympus
Of the Scandna Wan aud Teuionlc mythology stand
ing before their celestial thronT Odln the father of
gods and OF men with his spear III hand, and FrRga,
holding her golden dslah On the rig nt PUSHES torlh
Thor the god of thunder and OF battle, armed with
his terrible maIet, with which he strikes to the
ground a standard, which perceive to be Roman
by the eagle and The initials :. @. P. r. Fur
ther on s represented, IN sitting posture the young
and beautiful Bladder, The iavorie of Odin,
whose death was lamtnted by all the gods, whose
tears and prayers could not avert his doom On the
ist appears Brsgi represented as bard or Skald,
spouse, Iduna-a Hebe, who offers the apples
Of Immortality IN a vase Of gold to the heroes
their entrance into the Walhalla - those apples
which alone preserve the eternal youth of the gods
The two corners OF this compartment are apprOpri-
atey decorated with the ravens OF Odin.
l he third compartment represents the conflict OF
the two hostile principles Of Good and Evil. which
forms the groundwork of almost every religious
system, true or false, and was typhed in some OF
the boldest aegories of the Northern mythology.
Here springs up the majestic Tree OF the World, the
ash Ygdras, spreading Its ample bouehs and foliage
the Well Of Time, with the eagle of Odn perch
ed on the top. From the heavenly roots gushes
forth the sacred fountain OF Mimlr-of wisdom,
from which the three Norma, Urd, (rhe past,) Wa
ronde, Ghe presently and Skuld, (he future,) draw
the waters Of life, with which they necessarily
ter the Tree OF the World and thus maintain its
perennial verdure against the Vaccinations oil the
great serpent, the Father Of Lies" and of Eenrr-
lhe-Wolf, that foul progeny of the evil principle en-
gendered with the glantess Angurbodl. one OF the
enemies of the benefcent delties. This monster,
now bound in letters, is to be let loose at the end OF
the present world, to combat with the gods and de-
your Odin himself. The universe is be destroyed
by bre yplhed In The god Saur, the Northern Pluto
Thus sings the Skald:
1.-THE all black shall be,
The earth sink In the sea,
| And ev'ry starry ray
| From heav'n fade away;
| While varors hot shall ell
| The air round Ygdrasii,
Ard flaming as they rise,
Play towering the skies"
After which heaven and a new earth shall
appear. willis, two individuals of the hun an race
saved from the general confagraroD, shall perpetu.
ate their species The world thus renovated. Bal
der shall return again from The dark abodes of Hela
and reign triumphant in the mansion OF the gods,
once more restored 10 It's ancient splendor. This
beautiful mythos may be, some have supposed,
an image OF the life Of the seasons and of the ply
slcal revolutions of the globe. But at The same time
II carries WI it another, and more remote, and
higher sign fcation, being TO use the words of the
eloquent historian Of Sweden, Geier ca symbol of
all time, of the changes of the great year OF the
world, representing the general dissolution Of all
thines as a consequence of the first Gods de aih-
the death OF goodness and justice in The world -
Bader returns, followed by reward and punshms mt,
by a new heaven and a new earth Through the
truth thus incucated and at The same time the in
vol bic sancty which the Northern mythology
attaches 10 oath, II rises above Nature and
CURES moral value for mankind"