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Chapter 21
AndIrememberme,whenIwasoftheAssir,andoftheVanir,thatOdinsatinjudgmentovermeninthecourtofthetwelvegods,andthattheirnameswereThor,Baldur,Niord,Frey,Tyr,Bregi,Heimdal,Hoder,Vidar,Ull,Forseti,andLoki.
EvenourValkyrieswerestolenfromusandmadeintoangels,andthewingsoftheValkyries’horsesbecameattachedtotheshouldersoftheangels.AndourHelheimofthatdayoficeandfrosthasbecomethehellofto-day,whichissohotanabodethatthebloodboilsinone’sveins,whilewithus,inourHelheim,theplacewassocoldastofreezethemarrowinsidethebones.Andtheverysky,thatwedreamedenduring,eternal,hasdriftedandveered,sothatwefindto-daythescorpionintheplacewhereofoldweknewthegoat,andthearcherintheplaceofthecrab.
Worshipsandworships!EverthepursuitoftheMystery!IrememberthelamegodoftheGreeks,themaster-smith.ButtheirvulcanwastheGermanicWieland,themaster-smithcapturedandhamstrunglameofalegbyNidung,thekindoftheNids.Butbeforethathewasourmaster-smith,ourforgerandhammerer,whomwenamedIl-marinen.Andhimwebegatofourfancy,givinghimthebeardedsun-godforfather,andnursinghimbythestarsofthebear.For,he,Vulcan,orWieland,orIl-marinen,wasbornunderthepinetree,fromthehairofthewolf,andwascalledalsothebear-fatherereevertheGermansandGreekspurloinedandworshippedhim.
