The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
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To grasp it with he had iron gloves, and he was also possessed of a girdle of might which increased his strength twofold.
In his journeys, of which the mythological writers have a good deal to say, he sometimes rode in a chariot drawn by two goats. Of these details there is very little trace in historical sources, although one passage (of doubtful value) speaks of an image of Thor seated in his chariot The 12 THOR AND ODIN hammer, however, was certainly the distinctive symbol of the god, and re...presentations of it were evidently in common use as sacred and protective marks. Not only is it frequently cut on stone monuments, but small figures of it were apparently used as amulets, of which a number have been found in Denmark and Sweden. When the Danish prince Magnus returned from an expedi- tion into the heathen districts of Sweden in 1123, he brought back with him as trophies some Thor's hammers of metal It is not clear how far such models of the hammer were used in religious ceremonies; that it was employed at weddings ' to hallow the bride ' appears to be highly pro- bable, but there is no direct historical evidence to prove it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To grasp it with he had iron gloves, and he was also possessed of a girdle of might which increased his strength twofold.
In his journeys, of which the mythological writers have a good deal to say, he sometimes rode in a chariot drawn by two goats. Of these details there is very little trace in historical sources, although one passage (of doubtful value) speaks of an image of Thor seated in his chariot The 12 THOR AND ODIN hammer, however, was certainly the distinctive symbol of the god, and re...presentations of it were evidently in common use as sacred and protective marks. Not only is it frequently cut on stone monuments, but small figures of it were apparently used as amulets, of which a number have been found in Denmark and Sweden. When the Danish prince Magnus returned from an expedi- tion into the heathen districts of Sweden in 1123, he brought back with him as trophies some Thor's hammers of metal It is not clear how far such models of the hammer were used in religious ceremonies; that it was employed at weddings ' to hallow the bride ' appears to be highly pro- bable, but there is no direct historical evidence to prove it.
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