 | Halsey R. Stevens - Religions - 1879 - 468 pages
...Himinbjorg, at the end of Bifrost. He is the warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. Another god is named Hodur, who is blind, but very strong. The' foregoing are a few of the main points... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, DeRobingne Mortimer Bennett - Mythology - 1880 - 876 pages
...Bifrost and the rainbow. He was the warder of the gods, and was therefore placed on the borders of heaven to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He required less sleep than a bird, and saw by night as well as by day, a hundred miles in any direction.... | |
 | Wilhelm Jensen - Germanic poetry - 1881 - 76 pages
...Folkma on her couch * " Heimdall is the warder of the gods, aud is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing -their way over the bridge Bifrost." — (Mallet's " Northern Antiquities.") When now on Cendriksburg lay darkening night, And... | |
 | Elisabeth Wilson - Mythology, European - 1881 - 384 pages
...of Bifrost, or the Rainbow Bridge (query, the Covenant of Promise). He is placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. HEIMDALLE requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night as well as by day a hundred miles around... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Religions - 1888 - 570 pages
...Himinbj.jrg at the end of Bifrost. He is the warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him.... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - World history - 1893 - 766 pages
...Himinbjorg at the end of Bifrost. He is the warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him.... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 642 pages
...blind god of winter. Heimdall is the watchman of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge Bifrost. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night as well as by day a hundred miles around... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 652 pages
...blind god of winter. HeimdaU is the watchman of the gods, and is therefore placed °n the borders of heaven to prevent the giants from forcing their Way over the bridge Bifrost. He requires less sleep than a bird, ^**d sees hy night as well as by day a hundred miles around... | |
 | World history - 1897 - 506 pages
...Himinbjörg at the end of Bifröst. He is the warder of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven, to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge. He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him.... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Mythology - 1903 - 510 pages
...become young again. Heimdall is the watchman of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven to prevent the giants from forcing their way over the bridge Bifrost (the rainbow). He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night as well as by day a hundred... | |
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He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him. So acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass growing on the earth, and the wool on a sheep's back. 
