. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . Norse Stories The river Ifing, which neverfreezes over, answered Odin quickly,as if it were the easiest question in theworld; and indeed it was to him, al-though no man could have answeredit. Vafthrudner looked up in greatsurprise when he heard the reply. Good, he said, you have an-swered rightly. Tell me, now, thenames of the horses that carry day andnight across the sky. Before the words were fairly spokenOdin replied, Skinfaxe and Hrim-faxe. The giant could not c
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . Norse Stories The river Ifing, which neverfreezes over, answered Odin quickly,as if it were the easiest question in theworld; and indeed it was to him, al-though no man could have answeredit. Vafthrudner looked up in greatsurprise when he heard the reply. Good, he said, you have an-swered rightly. Tell me, now, thenames of the horses that carry day andnight across the sky. Before the words were fairly spokenOdin replied, Skinfaxe and Hrim-faxe. The giant could not concealhis surprise that a man should knowthese things. Once more, he said quickly, asif he were risking everything on onequestion; tell me the name of theplain where the Last Battle will befought. This was a terrible question, for the 32. y JSt Odins Search for Wisdom Last Battle was still far off in the fu-ture, and only the gods and the great-est of the giants knew where and whenit would come. Odin bowed his headwhen he heard the words, for to beready for that battle was the divinework of his life, and then said, slowlyand solemnly, On the plain ofVigrid, which is one hundred miles oneach side. Vafthrudner rose trembling fromhis seat. He knew now that Gan-graad was some great one in disguise,and that his own life hung on the an-swers he himself would soon be forcedto make. Sit here beside me, he said, for,whoever you are, worthier antagonisthas never entered these walls. Then they sat down together in therude stone hall, the mightiest of thegods and the wisest of the giants, and3 33 -. V ••^
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