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(1917) Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Translator: William Morton Payne With: William Morton Payne
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creatures. ‘You are not worthy,’ he said, ‘to serve so renowned a King
and so fair a ship. This dragon-ship was valiantly manned when Raud
the Strong owned it. He scarcely required the aid of such men as I
am for the sake of their strength, but only for amusement and counsel,
and in comparison with me you are but a feeble set.” The King’s
men asked if he had any stories to tell them, old or new; and he replied
that there were few questions, in his opinion, which they could ask and
he not answer. They took him, therefore, to the King, saying that he
was a man of much knowledge. The King said to him: ‘Tell us, if
you can, some tales of olden time.’ ‘I will begin then, Sire,” answered
he, ‘with this land near which we are sailing. It was inhabited of yore
by giants, who all chanced to come to a sudden end at one and the
same time, except two, both women. Afterwards, when people came
from the east to colonise the country, the two giant women lorded over
them, and troubled them. The evil lasted until the inhabitants resolved
to call upon Redbeard for aid. So I grasped my Hammer, and slew
both the giants. And the people have continued to call upon me for
aid in time of need from that day, O King, until now that you have
so greatly wasted all my friends in a way that merits vengeance.’ Hay-
ing thus spoken, he looked over his shoulder at the King, and at the
same instant, with a scornful grin, plunged overboard, swift as a bolt,
into the deep, and was never seen again,”

PaGE 39. Bretland.
Wales.

PaGE 43. Day after day to fight for the sake of fighting.

“Valhalla is splendidly decorated with burnished weapons. The ceiling
is made of spears, the roof is covered with shining shields, and the walls
are adorned with armor and coats of mail. Hence the champions issue
forth every day and fight great battles, killing and maiming each other.
But every night they wake up whole and unscathed, and return to Odin’s
hall, where they spend the night in merry carousing.” (H. H. Boyesen.)

PaGE 44. Two scurrying giant maidens.
See the second quotation from the Great O. T. Saga, above.

PaGE 49. THE SPRING FRESHETS.

This rugged Song is evidently allegorical in character. Literally, it
offers a picture of the powers of nature at their work of destruction.
Symbolically, it pictures the breakdown of the ideals that have shaped

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