EEddddiicc MMy y tthhoollooggy y
by
John Arnott MacCulloch
The Mythology of All Races
In Thirteen VolumesVolume II
Archaeological Institute of AmericaMarshall Jones Company – Boston 1930
CONTENTS
Author’s Preface ………………………… p. xiIntroduction…………………………….... p. 3I The Gods: A General Survey …………… p. 15II The Vanir ……………………………….. p. 25III Euhemerism ……………………………... p. 31IV The Greater Gods Odin ……………… p. 37V The Greater Gods Thor ……………… p. 68VI The Greater Gods Tyr ……………….. p. 97VII The Vanir Group Njord ……………… p. 101VIII The Vanir Group Frey ……………….. p. 108IX The Vanir Group Freyja ……………... p. 120X Balder …………………………………… p. 127XI Loki ……………………………………... p. 139XII Lesser Gods ……………………………... p. 151XIII Mimir ……………………………………. p. 167XIV Ægir ……………………………………... p. 171XV Frigg …………………………………….. p. 174XVI Lesser Goddesses ……………………….. p. 178XVII Ran ……………………………………… p. 190XVIII Nature …………………………………… p. 192XIX Animals …………………………………. p. 216XX The Alfar or Elves ………………………. p. 219XXI Vættir ……………………………………. p. 228XXII The Fylgja ………………………………. p. 233XXIII The Norns ……………………………….. p. 238XXIV Valkyries ………………………………... p. 248XXV Swan-Maidens …………………………... p. 258XXVI Dwarfs …………………………………... p. 264XXVII Giants …………………………………… p. 275XXVIII Trolls ……………………………………. p. 285XXIX The Nightmare Spirit ……………………. p. 288XXX Werwolves ……………………………… p. 291XXXI Magic …………………………………… p. 295XXXII The Other World ………………………... p. 303XXXIII Cosmogony and the Doom of the Gods … p. 324Notes ……………………………………. p. 349Bibliography …………………………….. p. 387
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PREFACE
When this Series was first projected, Professor Axel Olrik, Ph.D., of theUniversity of Copenhagen, was asked to write the volume on Eddic Mythology,and no one more competent than he could have been chosen. He agreed toundertake the work, but his lamented death occurred before he had done more thansketch a plan and write a small part of it.Ultimately it was decided that I should write the volume, and the result isnow before the reader.Throughout the book, the names of gods, heroes, and places are generallygiven without accents, which are meaningless to most readers, and the spelling of such names is mainly that which accords most nearly with the Old Norsepronunciation. “Odin,” however, is preferred to the less usual “Othin,” and so witha few other familiar names, the spelling of which is now stereotyped in English.Several of the illustrations are from material which had been collected byProfessor Olrik, with which the publisher supplied me. The coloured illustrationsand those in pen and ink drawing are by my daughter. I have to thank theauthorities of the British Museum for permission to use their photographs of theFranks’ Casket and of Anglo-Saxon draughtsmen; the Director of theUniversitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, for photographs of the Oseberg Ship; Mr. W.G. Collingwood, F.S.A., for permission to reproduce his sketches of Borg andHelga-fell; and Professor G. Baldwin Brown, L.L.D., of the Chair of Fine Art,University of Edinburgh, for photographs of the Dearham, Bewcastle, andRuthwell Crosses. J. A. M
AC
CULLOCH
THE BRIDGE OF ALLANSCOTLANDOctober 8, 1929
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