The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2): The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nationsDu Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni)
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The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2): The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations
RELIGION.—ALTARS, TEMPLES, HIGH-SEAT PILLARS, ETC. 356
CHAPTER XXII.
RELIGION.—HUMAN SACRIFICES 364
CHAPTER XXIII.
RELIGION.—IDOLS AND WORSHIP OF MEN AND ANIMALS, ETC. 375
CHAPTER XXIV.
RELIGION.—THE NORNIR AND VALKYRIAS 385
CHAPTER XXV.
RELIGION.—THE VOLVAS 394
CHAPTER XXVI.
RELIGION.—ÆGIR AND RAN 403
CHAPTER XXVII.
RELIGION.—SACRIFICES TO THE ALFAR, DISIR, FYLGJA, HAMINGJA, AND
LANDVŒTTIR 409
CHAPTER XXVIII.
VALHÖLL-VALHALLA 420
CHAPTER XXIX.
SUPERSTITIONS.—SHAPE-CHANGING 430
CHAPTER XXX.
SUPERSTITIONS.—WITCHCRAFT 439
CHAPTER XXXI.
SUPERSTITIONS.—OMENS 450
CHAPTER XXXII.
SUPERSTITIONS.—DREAMS 456
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN PAGANISM AND CHRISTIANITY 464
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE LAND 478
CHAPTER XXXV.
DIVISIONS OF PEOPLE INTO CLASSES 486
CHAPTER XXXVI.
SLAVERY—THRALDOM 502
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE THING 515
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
THE GODI AND THE GODISHIP 525
CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE LAWS OF THE EARLIER ENGLISH TRIBES 532
CHAPTER XL.
INDEMNITY, WEREGILD 544
CHAPTER XLI.
THE OATH AND ORDEAL 553
CHAPTER XLII.
DUELLING 563
CHAPTER XLIII.
OUTLAWRY 578
CHAPTER XLIV.
REVENGE 584
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