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Mythology Of the Far North.

/ main divisions or degrees. and each ~
Those three was t1 be- undivided into
three, thus making what ia termed tho
nine worlds And ns thc highest world
VIII Dee occupied hV those Who have
been Virtuous. just and married, go
The two lower ditislCU of the heavenly
! world Wero 90 Do occupied separately
hl those 0f the two SKIES, who have
been just and virtuous. but mmgr-
rIeu. Thus M viii Doe seen tn1f those
only who have been married and pure
were by our ancestors thought worthy
or a. throughout all eternity FOB share
tho heavenly pleasure of the All
father and his peers or rather only
those 0f that class are to become tho
Gro0t Creators peers in The highest
heavens. while thc ninth. or lowest
world ls o. boz occupied nF those who
have committed perjury shed innocent
blood or led VirtuOus women agtray.
and there throughout the endless
future to suffer the most horrid tor
mcnte % o. nowhere stated what
classes OF people are 20 occupy re-
sprcrvcy the five intermediate abodcs
but there is reason to believe that %
viii Doe hy those who are not az for
the heavenly glOries. ror worthy OF tho
upOmurohcusihlo tprmcnts of NlHhol
which some Of the late antiquarlans
translate to mean deeper down than
hen
GREAT PERSONAL LIBERTY.
one OF the remarkable features OF tho
religion off our ancestors. the followers
of the Allfather Odin. was what APP
pears 10 have been "a vast amount Of
personal liberty and consequent in
dWdual responsibility Every votary
was supposed o. know what was right
d d.
Boo life. Every ono was supposed 60 reap
his or her just and due reward, II not
in this lifc then assurcdly In the next
And as consequence Of this an OF
the gods, IL was taught had once been
ln mortality And thus we see that
they understood this principle OF evo-
luton: AS man now Is. God once
was. and as God now Is. man may be-
come
THE END OF THE WORLD.
According 10 our northern ancestors,
at the end of the world there will be
a great and bloody struggle. selfish
ness win reign supreme The nearest
kindred even win destroy one another
for the sake OF gain The last conflict
between the gods Of light and those OF
darkness, those OF goodness and those
of evil, win be- tremendous The earth.
with an that belongs thereto, even the
gods themselves. viii be changed. but
the Prophecies Nala sees the earth come
forth again IN renewed beauty and
splendor fun OF abundance in Vegeta.-
tion and other necessities Of life. All
mankind will come forth. clothed i'm inn
mortality. The gods win come forth.
and on the plains OF vivacity ida sljet-
tum) counsel together. previous TO rem
dering the final judgment. There iu
the grass, they will find the golden
plates which the gods had i'm the be-
ginning and whereon the records Of the
deeds of both the gods and the other
inhabitants OF the earth we're evidently |
ensravcn
Prof r. y. Anderson. Madison. Wis, |
writing regarding Odin. the Alltather |
SAYS "Odin commanded the Asus |
whose country was situated between |
tho Pontus Eu1dnus ANA the Caspian |
sea Their principal city was Asgard |
Odin having united under his banner |
the youth of the neighboring nations. |
marched towards tho west and north OF /
Europe. Many sovereign fam
ilics of the north are said 10 be de- ,
seconded from these princes. Thus Hen
Eist and Horsa. the saxon chiefs who
conquered Britain in tho attn century,
counted Odn I'm tho number Of their
ancestors So did also tho other Anglo
Saxon princes as well Ar tho creator
part Of tho princes Of lower Germany
and the north.
DESCRIPTION OF ODIN.
"Odin Is IN the Icelandic Sagas de-
picted as the most persuasive of men.
Nothing could resist the force Of his
words lie sometimes enlivened his
with verses, which he COM
posed extemporancously, and he was
not only Il great poet but it was he
who taught the art Of poetry TO the
Norsemen He was the inventor OF
writing, and the runic characters so
long used In the north This marking
down Of the unseen thought that is in
man with written characters is the
most wonderful invention ever made.
II IS almost as miraculous as speech
itself He knew how 20 sing airs so
tender and melodious. that the very
plains and mountains would almost
open and expand with delight: the
ghosts. attracted by the sweetness Of
his songs, would leave their Internal
caVerns, and stand motioBless around
him. But while his eloquence. together
with his august and venerable deport-
ment, procured him love and respect
I'm n calm and peaceable assembly. he
was mo- less dreadful and furious m
battle. Such was the historical
odu or the north. such was. in other
words the great example that the
people Of the north had 20 initiate IN
war ana in reace."
FREED FROM TYRANNY.
Was 1T not in the ncighborhood OF
the caspian sea that tho ten tribes