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" He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him. So acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass growing on the earth, and the wool on a sheep's back. "
Northern Antiquities: Or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion ... - Page 82
by Paul Henri Mallet - 1770
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Northern Antiquities: Or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion ...

Paul Henri Mallet - 1770 - 420 pages
...called " the Celeftial " Fort." He is the fentinel or watchman \ • of the Gods. The poft affigned him is to abide at the entry into heaven, to prevent...him. So acute is his ear, that he hears the grafs grow-v ing on the earth, and the wool on the fheep's back •, nor doth the fmalleft found efcape him....
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Icelandic Poetry, Or The Edda of Saemund

1797 - 368 pages
...caftle called the " Celeftial Fort." He is the fentinel or watchman of the Gods. The poft affigned to him is to abide at the entry into heaven, to prevent...bird ; and fees by night as well as by day, more than an hundred leagues around him. So acute is his ear that he hears the grafs growing on the earth, and...
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Icelandic Poetry, Or The Edda of Saemund

1797 - 364 pages
...caftle called the " Celeftial Fort." He is the fentinel or watchman of the Gods. The poft affigned to him is to abide at the entry into heaven, to prevent...over the bridge. He fleeps lefs than a bird ; and lees by night as well as by day, more than an hundred leagues around him. So acute is his ear that...
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Northern Antiquities: The Edda : or, ancient Icelandic mythology

1809 - 382 pages
...is the fentinel or watchman of the Gods. The poft afligned him is to abide at the entry into him,' to prevent the Giants from forcing their .way. over the bridge. He fJeeps lefs than a bird; and fees by ^ight, as well as by day, more than a hundred leagues around him....
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Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs ...

Paul Henri Mallet - 1847 - 606 pages
...Himinbjorg at the end of Bifrost. He is the •warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him....
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Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs ...

Paul Henri Mallet - 1847 - 592 pages
...Himinbjorg at the end of Bifrost. He is the warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him....
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Alfred; an epic poem

Joseph Cottle - 1850 - 654 pages
...castle called " the Celestial Fort." He is the centinel or watchman of the gods. The post assigned to him, is to abide at the entry into heaven, to prevent the giants from foreing their way over the bridge ; as the gods constantly feared the assault of the giants. Heimdal...
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The Age of Fable, Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes

Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 pages
...become young again. Heimdall is the watchman of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge Bifrost (the rainbow.) He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night as well as by day a hundred...
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Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology, Volume 1

James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 552 pages
...Himinbjorg at the end of Bifrost. He is the warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him....
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Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology, Volume 1

James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 544 pages
...Himinbjorg at the end of Bifrost. He is the warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him....
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