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History and Genealogy
of the Pearsall Family in England
and America:
Volume I
Front Cover
Inside Front Cover
The Motive
Thanks
Illustrations
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Appendix I
Volume II
Volume III
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Frey was counted
as the God or Lord of the Harvest and as such was the one under whose
supremacy the forces of vegetation decorated the meadows with grass and
the fields with grain. The ancient artizans
made ornaments symbolizing this. There are many interesting tales that
are told concerning Frey and his attributes both as a god and a man.
*52. FJOLNER, Yngve Frey's son, ruled thereafter over the Swedes
and the Upsal domains. He was powerful, and lucky in seasons and in holding the
peace. He was named for his great grandfather, as Fjolner
was one of the many names of Odin. Fjolner was
the last of the kings of Sweden
who were counted as gods. He was the god of the underworld. One of the Sagas
tells of the appearance of things when the end of the world is at hand.
Brothers and near kinsmen slay each other. The sacred bonds of morality
are broken. It is the storm age and the wolf age. Men no longer spare or
pity one another. Knives and axes rage. Volund's
world-destroying sword of revenge has already been fetched by Fjolner in the guise of the red cock from the
ironwood where it hitherto has been concealed by Angerboda
and guarded by Egther; the wolf-giant Hate with
his companions have invaded the world, which it was the duty of the gods
to protect. The storms are attended with eclipses of the sun. Then
suddenly the Hjallarhorn sounds, announcing the
destruction of the world.
Contemporary
with Fjolner, Fridfrode
ruled then in Hleidre, and between them there
was great friendship and visiting. Once when Fjolner
went to Frode in Sealand,
a great feast was prepared for him, and invitations to it were sent all
over the country. Frode had a large house, in
which there was a great vessel many ells high, and put together of great
pieces of timber; and this vessel stood in a lower room. Above it was a
loft, in the floor of which was an opening through which liquor was
poured into this vessel. The vessel was full of mead, which was
excessively strong. In the evening Fjolner,
with his attendants, was taken into the adjoining loft to sleep. In the
night he went out to the gallery outside of the house, and he was very
sleepy, and exceedingly drunk. As he came back to his room he went along
the gallery to the door of another loft, went into it, and his foot
slipping he fell into the vessel of mead and was drowned.
*51. SWEGDER
took the kingdom after his father, and he made a solemn vow to seek Godheim and Odin. He went with twelve men through the
world, and came to Turkland, and the Great
Sweden, where he found many of his connections. He was five years on this
journey; and when he returned home to Sweden he remained there for
some time. He got his wife in Vanheim; she was
called Vana, and their son was named Vanland. This visit of Swegder
to the far east is preserved in the Old English song concerning the names
of the letters of the runic alphabet. In regard to the rune which answers
to the letter I there are added the following lines:
Yngve was first seen
among the East-Daneman.
Then he betook
himself eastward over the sea.
Vagn hastened to
follow:
Thus the Heardings called this hero.
The Heardings are the sons of Hadding
or Danes, but here the name is used in its broad sense as meaning all of
the Teutonic tribes who recognized him as im-
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