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    The myths tell that elves forged splendid treasures for Frey (Grímnismál 42; Gylfaginning 43, Skáldskaparmál 14, 43 [Prose Edda I, 140, 340]). To these treasures belonged the remarkable ship Skiðblaðnir and the gold-glittering boar Slíðrugtanni, also called Gullinbursti (Gylfaginning 49, Skáldskaparmál 14 [Prose Edda I, 176, 264, 340-344]), both most probably symbols of vegetation ...
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    Veður-glasir, the Glasir of the weather, and Aur-glasir, the Glasir of the mud, are two sides of the same coin. This interpretation is consistent with other symbol sets found within Germanic mythology as a whole: The Creation of Man: Man & Tree The first man is named Askur (Ash) Völuspá 17
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    Ratatosk ("Rati's tooth", compare Heimdall's byname Gullintanni, 'Gold teeth'), Heimdall's fire-auger, in the poem Grímnismál symbolized as a squirrel (which is still a symbol of fire in folk-belief) that runs from Yggdrasil's crown down to its root. In his Investigations into Germanic Mythology, Vol.
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    The Original Beings 16) In Indo-Iranian, as well as in Germanic mythology, the original beings were as follows: 1) the primeval cow; 2) the Chaos-giant; 3) the first beings with human form i.e. with the shape of the gods, because according to the Indo-European conception the form of man is modeled after the image of the gods; 4) the first divine race; 5) the artisans, primeval artists, which ...
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    In other words, two distinct sources of inspiration for visual representations of the Germanic gods existed side-by-side throughout much of the modern era, until the imagery of the "Saxon" Gods, died out in the early part of the 20th century.
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    The Last Apprentice of Moritz von Schwind An Introduction to Germanic Mythology In 1864, Julius Naue painted Moritz von Schwind's i llustrations for Schloss Hohenschwangau. The reconstruction of the old Hohenschwangau Castle on the Tyrolean Bavarian border, which the Crown Prince Maximilian of Bavaria arranged, created room for a large number of compositions to be performed there. Schwind was ...
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    The first charm introduces the Old German Idisi, most likely the Valkyries of Scandinavian mythology, who tend to the fortunes of war. In the second charm, Wodan cures Balder's horse of lameness, after four named goddesses fail in their efforts to do so.
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