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Heathenry
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Then spoke Gangleri: 'If norns determine the fates of men, they allot terribly unfairly, when some have a good and prosperous life, and some have little success or glory, some a long life, some short.'
High said: 'Good norns, ones of noble parentage, shape good lives, but as for those people that become the victims of misfortune, it is evil norns that are responsible.
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― Edda: Skaldskaparmal (Set of 2 Copies)
― Edda: Skaldskaparmal (Set of 2 Copies)
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Honour at once brings up the thought of vengeance. It must be so; he who thinks of honour must say vengeance, not only because the two are always found together in the stories, but more because it is only through vengeance that we can see the depth and breadth of honour. Vengeance contains the illumination and the explanation of life; life as it is seen in the avenger is life at its truest and most beautiful, life in its innermost nature.
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― The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2
― The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2
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