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Advantage of the Study of Norse Literature-Bear and Wolf-skin Dresses-The Berserkir-Their Rage-The Story of Thorir-Passages from the Aigla-The Evening Wolf-Skallagrim and his Son-Derivation of the Words Hamr and Vargr-Laws affecting Outlaws-"To become a Boar"-Recapitulation.
One Of the great advantages of the study of old Norse or Icelandic literature is the insight given by it into the origin of world-wide superstitions. Norse tradition is transparent as glacier ice, and its origin is as unmistakable.