. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . helm, who were the offspring of agiant, and set them before the ploughand drove them forth into the landwhich the king had set apart for the plough, being drawn bygiants, cut so deep into the soil, thatit tore away a great piece of land, andcarried it into the sea to the west,and there left it. Gefjun called thisnew country which she had takenfrom the mainland, Seeland; andthe place from which the land wastaken was filled by the sea and formeda lake which is
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . helm, who were the offspring of agiant, and set them before the ploughand drove them forth into the landwhich the king had set apart for the plough, being drawn bygiants, cut so deep into the soil, thatit tore away a great piece of land, andcarried it into the sea to the west,and there left it. Gefjun called thisnew country which she had takenfrom the mainland, Seeland; andthe place from which the land wastaken was filled by the sea and formeda lake which is now called Logrinn. This was but the beginning ofKing Gylfes acquaintance with thegods; for he was a seeker after wis-dom and he who searches for wisdom/must go to the gods to find it. Hesaw the wonderful things which th<gods did and the marvellous ways inwhich their will was done in Asgard,
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