Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
- ISBN-10
- 0719025796
- ISBN-13
- 9780719025792
- Category
- Celts
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
Description
This may be Snorri's own interpretation of the lines in Voluspá which state briefly that Odin speaks with Mimir's head before Ragnarok . In the poem Mimir is the guardian of the spring into which Odin casts an eye in return for hidden ...
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- 1988-06-01
- 280 pages
- Paperback
- Syracuse University Press
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