Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-30

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"Youugcr Edda' thus. The
Almighty God created boz Tho boz
ginning heaven aud oarth and an those
things which hcioug to them and las'
two humans IMAM and woman whom
ho called Adam and Eve. whose prog
eny so increased that they scattered
over sn tho world" ne thcn gives o.
brcf history Of tbc human race to
Odu. tho Alltathcr and those who
clmr win him from Asia 90 Che north,
nnd ruadc their nrst permanent settle
mout 600 SiEtuua. sweden. not FAR FROM
stockholm and from there spread over
nU Furnrc Tu SirtmD Odn cstah-
ushcd government similar % that Of
The mart uf Asia whence he and his
people camc Hc gave laws ard cs-
tabushcd the customs OF IBIS own coun-
Try Tie had supreme council OF
tribunal composed Of ~ judge Their
duty wac Go watch over The public
veal 20 administer Justice 20 Oh" pen-
pIr. to preside over Che Worship ANA
prcscn.c faithfully the religious
secrets on sacIud mysteries. SnoIu
SAYS that in most parts Of northern
Europe the people for ages spoke and
wrote the language that Odin spoke
and wrote. and that lids followers and
their dcsccudauts although naturally
bravo. wcrC pcacc1bic. wen skilled in
art. handlcrau. agriculture and such.
Notwithstanding that he generally rec
fers To- those people as Asar and Asia
mon. vet De occasionally refers 10 Thorn
as ArimBns which makes mc think
that those and the people generally rec
fcrrcd To ass Arvans arc ah The same
people And as Tho oriental Wiliciai
who follow the so-called lost tribes
farthost leave thcm ga the neighbor-
hood of the Caspian sea. marching IN
masso towards the north seeking Tor
a country where they could enjoy per
feet freedom. both politically and re-
iiciously I am convinced that the pco- |
pie that SNORT writes about. and De |
says came from Asia. are all the same |
peoples.
THE YOUNGER EDDA.
The Younger Edda is a work OF near |
b 900 pages, small quarto, go ] cannot |
give IL in fun but only touch upon /
the most important parts.
The Edda begins by stating tnat |
ATfather is the oldest and highest of an |
the gods In Asguard. The holy city In |
Asia. no had ~ names. The first one is /
Allfather, the second is Hcrrann, or the |
lord, the third. GautOr the creator /
fourth Herflther. or lord of hosts, /
NTH. Sigfnthcr. or the father OF vic
tory; sixth, Skildng. on the terrible one, /
s. veuth. Gnmnir. on the hidden one; /
eighth. Hroptltyr on the lord of the
prophets. ninth Svidrik or the omni- 4
present. tenth, Hnikar, or the lord Of i
the universe. eleventh. Nggur, or the
protectors twelfth. Farmatyr, or the
lord of the peaceful.
The t,anslati1us of those II names
ar. taken from the works Of expert
northern ANTICIPATES Of both Icclaudic |
and Danish nationality. such as Ras
mus Christian Hask. SvoinoiOrn Egil-
son, Gudbr1nd Nigfusson. and. last and
not least, Prof Rasmus b. Anderson,
Madison, wis, L. s. a.
THE FATHER or ALL
Tho Allfather. or the father Of all
SAYS the Edda, lives forever and ever. l
governs an hls kingdom and rules an /
things whether great or small Tie /
made the heaven and tho EARTH and an !
which belongs % them And he made |
man and gave him "a spirit that shall |
live forever and never be- destroyed, al |
though tho hs4ly Doe burned Co ashes or
turned 60 dust And an tho people who
live righteous lives shall live with him
IN Gmn or N,ngolf. the homes of tho
zirtuous ana elect. while those who ,
are wicked shall go 10 Nihhel, the re-
gions Of death Before he made tho |
heaven and tho earth he WAS In the |
world Of mist.
THE FUTURE WORLD.
The world 10 come is to be divided |
into three main divisions The heaven
ly, or upper one, was that IN which
dwells the Allfather. together with ~ /
gods, whom he has chosen 60 be his as
sistants in deciding the destiny of the
world and 20 render the final judgment |
upon mankind The gods were mar
ried and they aud their wives. tho
goddesses (gyldjur) were constantly
over the children of men. ad-
monishng. warning and protecting
them while Do mortality The mission
Of the goddess ldum was % guard over
the life- giving and fe-protectlug ele-
mcuts OF the universe. The goddess
l'royia, from whom The nth day iu the
week. Friday haas Cts name. has "a very
Important mission. She was 10 keep l
records OF all marriage, watch over /
an the married people. keep records .
ri their deeds and deaths and re-unite /
Zoo the heavenly mansions FOO iha world /
b. come AN who were faithful 10 their /
marriage Cu|.H.t. .".uEuIu rIr DO
was the married aud trtHuus people /
only who We're 90 occupy the highest /
glory. ana become gods.
THREE MAIN DIVISIONS.
Az before stated the universe of the |
uturc was 90 Boz divided into three
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