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the words which a woman utters, for their hearts have been made like
the wheel that turns."—"Trust not to ice of one day’s freezing;
neither to the sleeping serpent."
Heimskringla. The universe.
Hela, or Hel. Goddess of Death; ruler of Niffelheim, the abode of all
who died of disease or old age.
Hildur. The goddess of War.
HOdur. The god of Darkness. See Balder.
Holmcang. A single combat. So called from being very frequently
decided upon a lonely island (Holm), without witnesses, and, of course,
a Voutrance.
Iduna. The spouse of Bragi, god of Song. She is keeper of the apples
of immortality, by which the youth of the gods is continually
renewed.
Ida’s Plains. Orig., Ida-vallen. The dwelling of the gods after the
destruction of the universe.
Jernhos. The iron-headed.
Jumala. A deity worshipped by the Finns. The term has passed into
a name for the Almighty Being, and (as the Countess von ImhofF
remarks) our Lord is named in the Finnish, Jumala Poyke.
Jotenheim, or Jutenheim. The giants’ home, or region of the giants.
Lofn (sometimes Lofna, but less correctly). The presiding deity of
Matrimony. The term (from which our word love is derived) signifies
unchangeable affection.
Loki. The god of Evil and Mischief; descended from the race of the
giants.
Midgard Serpent. The great serpent said to encompass the whole
earth.
Midnight Sun. This expression (Canto xm, stanza 1) may sound
strange to many readers, unless they bear in mind that in parts of
Sweden and Norway the sun does not sink below the horizon at all at
the period (Midsummer) referred to in the text, but remains visible
from high ground through the whole night.
Mimer. The owner of the well of wit and wisdom, at the root of
Yggdrassil (the ash-tree, symbolical, according to Finn Magnusen,
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