Manual of mythology : Greek and Roman, Norse, and old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology . XXXVUI. Thor. THOR. 315 her side, with which she used to spin. She is attended byher handmaitlcn ///// or Fulla. Freija was also a goddesswho {)rcsi(letl over smiling nature, sending sunshine, rain, andharvest. She was further a goddess into whose charge thedead passed. \s> has been said, half the number of heroeswho fell in battle belonged to her. She is represented inPlate XXXVII. driving in a cart drawn by two cats. In Plate XXXV. Odin is figured seated on his throne, andattended by the ravens,
Manual of mythology : Greek and Roman, Norse, and old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology . XXXVUI. Thor. THOR. 315 her side, with which she used to spin. She is attended byher handmaitlcn ///// or Fulla. Freija was also a goddesswho {)rcsi(letl over smiling nature, sending sunshine, rain, andharvest. She was further a goddess into whose charge thedead passed. \s> has been said, half the number of heroeswho fell in battle belonged to her. She is represented inPlate XXXVII. driving in a cart drawn by two cats. In Plate XXXV. Odin is figured seated on his throne, andattended by the ravens, Hunin and Munin, and the twodogs. THOR, (plate XXXVIII.,) Or Donar, simply meant the Thunderer—dcr Donncrer; andhe dwelt in the vault of heaven. As he was likewise said tobe the son of Odin, or of Heaven, it is evident that, as inthe case of the All-father, he had a purely physical the god of thunder and lightning Thor resembles Zeus;and as the thunderbolts of Zeus were forged by the smith-godHephaestos, who dwelt below ground, so the hammer of Odinwas smithied by the Dwarves {zwcrge)
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