 | Arthur William Moore - Celts - 1891 - 224 pages
...under the serpent's head to catch the venom, and when the basin was full she took it away to empty it. Meanwhile the venom dropped on Loki, who shrank from it so violently that the whole earth trembled. Of all the mythical personages mentioned in this chapter, the only one remaining in the Folk-Lore of... | |
 | William Slater Calverley - Carlisle (England) - 1899 - 546 pages
...Loki's wife, sat by and held a basin under the venom ; and when the basin was full LOKI PANEL, GOSFORTH. carried the poison out. Meanwhile the venom dropped...This causes what are now called earthquakes." The scene is thus described in Voluspa : — " Bound she saw lying, under Hveralund, (the hot spring's... | |
 | 1905 - 394 pages
...Loki's wife, sat by, and held a basin under the venom; and when the basin was full, carried the venom out. Meanwhile the venom dropped on Loki, who shrank...trembled. This causes what are now called earthquakes. THE LAY OF FIOLSVITH. 1. FROM the outward wall he saw one ascending to the seat of the giant race. Fiolsvith.... | |
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... out. Meanwhile the venom dropped on Loki, who shrank from it so violently that the whole earth trembled. 