It is reported of him in
Jutland, that when the shot of the enemy was directed thick and fast
against him, he would shake the leaden bullets from out the folds of his
clothes.
{f:28} In the Northern mythology, the God of war and strength. He is
girded by a belt of bear-sinews, and bears a hammer called "Miolner,"
which means the shatterer, and with which he destroys giants, demons, and
other foes of Odin the supreme God.
{f:29} See preface to "Waldemar's Chase," p. 115.
{f:30} It was frequently the practice of the ancient Norsemen, after
having entombed their dead kings and heroes, to plant oaks or other trees
over them, in order to prevent their remains being disturbed with
facility. In that sublimest of all poems, "The Incantation of Hervor,"
is a passage to the following effect:
Hervadr, Hiorvadr, Hrani and Angantyr,
I wake ye all under the roots of the trees.
{f:31} Between the islands of Ferroe the Sea exhibits a phenomenon,
called, in the dialect of the Islanders, the Boff.
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