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		With King Harold Harfagri (872-930) we get on historic ground.
		To this circle of poets belong Thorbjoern Hornklofi and Thjodholf of Hvin, both authors of famous panegyrics.
		Eyvind Finnsson, surnamed Skaldaspillir (spoiler of skalds), composed on King Hakon's death (961) the "Hakonarmal" on the model of the "Eiriksmal," which an unknown skald had composed in honour of the memory of King Eirikr (d.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/i/iceland.html (4878 words)

	Souls
		The mare torments men at night in their sleep, at time even killing them, as happened to the Swedish king Vanland, according to Ynglingasaga, Chapter 16.
		The story is told us in a strophe of the scald Thjodholf:
		The origin of the whole conception may be traced to the nightmare, the distressing dream that is accompanied by the feeling of physical pressure; the "mare," usually thought of as feminine, causes a feeling of suffocation and depression, and, as incubus or succubus, is also represented as holding carnal intercourse.
	www.woden.org /soul.html (3473 words)

	Wodan
		This latter is certainly the case with Alfadhie (Allfather), and the conceptions we meet of him as creator of the world and chief god.
		His brothers Vili and Ve appear to be mythical fabrications, but Vili is already known to the scald Thjodholf (ninth century), and both occur in Lokasenna, 26, where they possess themselvesof the person of Frigg.
		The story, interpreted in a euhemeristic spirit, is also found in Ynglingasaga, Chapter 3.
	www.woden.org /wodan.html (3758 words)

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