Norse Mythology Or The Religion Of Our Forefathers Containing All The Myths Of The Eddas Systematized And Interpreted

Author : Rasmus Björn Anderson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330003374
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Norse Mythology written by Rasmus Björn Anderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Norse Mythology: Or the Religion of Our Forefathers, Containing All the Myths of the Eddas, Systematized and Interpreted With an Introduction, Vocabulary and Index I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest; it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century: eight hundred years ago the Norwegians were still worshipers of Odin. It is interesting also as the creed of our fathers; the men whose blood still runs in our veins, whom doubtless we still resemble in so many ways. Strange: they did believe that, while we believe so differently. Let us look a little at this poor Norse creed, for many reasons. We have tolerable means to do it; for there is another point of interest in these Scandinavian mythologies: that they have been preserved so well. Neither is there no use in knowing something about this old Paganism of our fathers. Unconsciously, and combined with higher things, it is in us yet, that old faith withal. To know it consciously brings us into closer and clearer relations with the past, - with our own possessions in the past. For the whole past, as I keep repeating, is the possession of the present. The past had always something true, and is a precious possession. In a different time, in a different place, it is always some other side of our common human nature that has been developing itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.