NORTHERN EUROPE
130 From Ymir’s flesh the
earth was made
Creation of the universe134 The ash of Yggdrasil is
the noblest of trees
Odin and the World Tree140 The first war in the world
War of the gods142 They mixed honey with
the blood and it turned
into mead
The Mead of Poetry144 Thor might smite as hard
as he desired and the
hammer would not fail
The treasures of the gods146 Am I wrong in thinking
that this little fellow
is Thor?
The adventures of Thor and
Loki in Jötunheim148 The unluckiest deed
ever done among
gods and men
The death of Baldur150 Brother will fight brother
and be his slayer
The twilight of the gods158 When the worm comes
to the water, smite him
in the heart
Sigurd the dragon slayer160 Wonderful the magic
sampo, plenty does
it bring to northland
The Kalevala88 She wants Adonis
more than she does
heaven itself
Aphrodite and Adonis90 Whatever I touch, may it
be transformed into
tawny gold
King Midas91 In a single day and night
the island of Atlantis
disappeared beneath
the waves
The legend of AtlantisANCIENT ROME
96 I sing of arms and
the man
Aeneas, founder of Rome102 A desire seized Romulus
and Remus to build a city
The founding of Rome106 The father of gods spurts
red flames through
the clouds
Numa outwits Jupiter108 Conceive of Vesta
as naught but the
living flame
Vesta and Priapus110 The fates will leave me
my voice, and by my
voice I shall be known
The sibyl of Cumae112 I love you as I love my
own soul
Cupid and Psyche114 I am on fire with love for
my own self
Narcissus and Echo115 She yet spins her thread,
as a spider
Arachne and Minerva116 I pay the due penalty
in blood
Cybele and Attis118 Mithras is the Lord
of generation
Mithras and the bull120 He carved a statue out of
snow-white ivory
Pygmalion121 For lying with me, take
control of the hinge
Carna and Janus122 No wood nymph could
tend a garden more
skilfuly than she
Pomona and Vertumnus124 Even death shall not
part us
Pyramus and Thisbe125 Those whom the gods care
for are gods
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