Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Thorpe Benjamin
Title : Northern Mythology Volume 2 Comprising the principal popular tradition and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands
Year : 1851

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AMID the lofty Fjelds of Norway the gigantic Jutul has fixed his home, of whose fingers and feet traces may be seen in the hard stone, and whom fragments of rock and ponderons grave-stones serve for weapons ; in the lower ridges the wily Troll and the beautful Huldra have their dwelling ; in mounds and by lofty trees the countless swarms of Elves have their haunt, while beneath the earth the small but long-armed and skilful dwarfs excrcise their handicrafts. ...