some reference to him, especially as we learn from Grimm that in some parts of Denmark the wild huntsman, who is unquestionably Wóden, bears the name of the flying Marcolf[649]. The heathen character of the whole relation is proved by the fact of the “famous sailor on the sea,” the “wandering wolf” being represented as the friend of Nebrond, probably Nimrod[650]. ----- Footnote 646: Cod. Dipl. Nos. 270, 314, 363, 413. Footnote 647: Cod. Dipl. Nos. 450, 781, 784, 1022, 1038. Some of these are not in Essex, but Hampshire. Footnote 648: The analogy of Thursday, which was unquestionably Thundersday, must be allowed its weight in considering these local names. Even Ðyrs itself, at one period of Anglosaxon development, might represent Ðunor, and the resemblance of names thus lead to a little straining of the true one. Footnote 649: Deut. Myth. p. 530 (ed. 1835). Footnote 650: Sal. Sat. p. 156. ----- One of the names by which Ðunor is known in Germany is Hamar[651], which was perhaps originally derived from his weapon. This has become almost synonymous with _devil_. Perhaps the same allusion lurks in one or two names of places in England: in the immediate neighbourhood of Thursley in Surrey, and at a short distance from Thunderhill, are some ponds known by the name of the _Hammer-ponds_. It is remarkable that within two or three miles of Thursley and the Hammer-ponds, three singular natural mounds which form most conspicuous objects upon a very wild and desert heath, should bear the name of the Devil’s Jumps, while at a short distance a deep valley is known by that of the Devil’s Punchbowl, probably at some early period, the Devil’s Cup, Ðunres-cup or the Hamar-cup. The word Hamarden occurs in the boundaries of charters[652]; and other places recall the same name: thus _Hameringham_ in Lincoln, _Hamerton_ in Huntingdon, _Homerton_ in Middlesex (hardly _Hammersmith_ in Middlesex), _Hamerton Green_ in Yorkshire, _Hamerton Kirk_ in Yorkshire, _Hammerwick_ in Staffordshire. ----- Footnote 651: Deut. Myth. p. 166. Footnote 652: Cod. Dipl. Nos. 999, 1039, 1189. ----- 3. TIW, the Old-norse TYR, and Old-german ZIU.—The third day of the week bears among us the name of the god Tíw, the Old-norse Týr. In like manner we find him also giving his name to places. In the neighbourhood so often referred to in this chapter, and which seems to have been a very pantheon of paganism[653], not far from Thursley or from Wanborough, we find _Tewesley_, which I have no scruple to pronounce the ancient Tíwesleáh. Tísleáh[654] seems to denote the same name, and it is probable that even a race acknowledged this god as its founder,—the Tiwingas, who gave their name to _Tewing_ in Herts. Tiwes mére[655] seems to be the _mere_ or lake of Tiw, and in another charter we have also Teówes þorn[656], which goes far towards substantiating the German form Ziu. ----- Footnote 653: