ing. The lower part of her body terminated in a
large fish with a forked tail.

There was another Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, king of Megara, who
conceived a violent passion for Minos when he was besieging her
father's capital. To ensure the fall of the city, she cut off from her
father's head, whilst he slept, a hair of purple colour, on which his
good fortune depended, and presented it to her lover. Possessed of
this charm, Minos soon carried the place, but he punished the perfidy
of Scylla: she was thrown into the sea, and changed, according to one
account, into a fish, and, if we can believe another narrative, her
form became that of a bird.

MYTHOLOGY OF GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, SCANDINAVIA, ETC.

CHAPTER XII.

Mythology of Germany, Great Britain, and
Scandinavia--Scandinavian Gods, Giants, and Elves--The
world Niflheim--The world Muspelheim--How Ymir was
created--The cow Aedhumla--Ymir's Offspring--Odin, the
chief God--Odin's Seat and Ravens--Valhalla--Queen
Frigga--How the Seas, Waters, Mountains, and Heavens
were made--Chariots and Horses in Heaven--Night and
Day--What a Wolf is to do--Three beautiful but
evil-disposed Maidens--Creation of New Beings--Bridge
between Midgard and Asgard--Sacred Fountain--Roots of
the ash Yggdrasil--Baldur's Dreams and sad End--Loki,
the Evil Spirit--Hel and her Brothers--Ignorance of
Giants, and Cunning of Dwarfs--Worship of Scandinavian
Gods--Norsemen and their Ancient Gods and
Goddesses--The Volsung Tale--Odin, Loki, and Haenir's
Wanderings--The Sword Gram--Sigurd's Exploits--What
the Worshippers of Odin believed--Frodi's Maidens and
Quern--Thor, and Subordinate Gods of the
Laplanders--Belief and Worship of the
Laplanders--Drums as Implements of Superstition--Sale
of Winds--Power of Demons--Lucky and Unlucky
Days--Other Superstitions.

The mythology of Germany, Great Britain, Scandinavia, and the other
northern nations is as extraordinary as that of Greece and Rome. Every
race and nation under the heavens were at one time steeped in
superstition to such an extent as to make people, living in
enlightened ages, wonder that creatures endowed with reasoning powers
should ever have given themselves over to such vile delusions as some
of our forefathers seem to have done. The adventures of the
Scandinavian gods, giants, and elves wer