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| | Aesir |
 | | From his hammer flashed the lightning, and his chariot wheels sent thunder rolling through the clouds as he went on his way, cleaving mountains, loosening the pent-up streams and fires, and slaying all giants and misshapen monsters. |
 | | Even busily engaged in these labours, he seldom tarried in Asgard with the other Aesir, but dwelt in his mansion, Bilskirnir, in the densest gloom of the clouds. |
 | | With this mallet he consecrated the newly-wedded, and hence the sign of the mallet or hammer was made by the Northmen when they took an oath and bound themselves by vows, whether of marriage or any other obligation. |
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