Excerpt from Northern Antiquities, or a Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws of the Ancient Danes, and Other Northern Nations, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Those of Our Own Saxon Ancestors, With a Translation of the Edda, or System of Runic Mythology, and Other Pieces, From the Ancient Islandic Tongue But in this multitude of Religions, all are not equally, worthy of our refearch. There are, among fome barbarous nations; Creeds without ideas, and practices without Any obje t; thefe have at hri'c been di 'rated by fear, and afterward continued by.mere mechanical habit. A hugle glance of the eye thrown upon fuch Religions as thefe, is fuflicient to {how us all their relations and dependencies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.