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202 ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY
Eriksgate. The solemn progress which the Scandinavian kings were
accustomed to make through their whole realm after their coronation.
Fafner. The dragon set to watch over the golden treasure, but
conquered by Sigurd, the Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied.
Fafner’s-bane (Destroyer of Fafner). A surname given to Sigurd for
the exploit referred to above.
Folkvang. The palace of Freya in the heavens, the supposed
habitation of virtuous and beautiful women after death.
Forsete, or Forseti. The god of Justice.
Frey. " One of the most celebrated of the gods. He presides over rain
and sunshine, and all the fruits of the earth; and should be invoked in
order to obtain good harvests, and also for peace." Prose Edda, ch. xxiv.
Freya. The goddess of Love. " The most propitious of the goddesses;
her abode in heaven is called Folkvang. To whatever field of battle
she rides, she asserts her right to one-half of the slain, leaving the rest
to Odin." Prose Edda, ch. xxiv.
Frigga. The spouse of Odin, and mother of the Aesir.
Gandvik. The White Sea.
GEiRSODn (Spear-death). In contradistinction to straw-death, i.e.
death from disease or age. Suicide, practised by aged warriors to insure
their admission to Valhalla, where none dying a natural death were
admitted.
Gerda. The most beautiful of women; spouse of Frey.
Gutnir. The palace of Forsete in the heavens.
Hagring. The Fata Morgana. A well-known, though rarely witnessed
phenomenon, said to be occasionally presented on the Norwegian coast.
Ham and Heyd. Two storm-demons, or weather-sprites.
Havamal. (The lay of the sublime.) An Eddaic poem, containing a
number of precepts said to have been given by Odin to mankind.
Many of those given by Bele and Thorsten to their sons in the text
are actually adopted by Tegner from the Havamal, as may be seen by
comparing, for instance, page j4, stanzas i, 2, with the following
extracts from the ancient work: "Praise the fineness of an ended day;
a woman when she is buried ; a sword when you have tried it; the ice
when you have crossed it; and liquor after it is drunk." — "Trust not
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