 More understandable also becomes another epithet of Heimdal, namely, Vindler, of which Rydberg states (p. 595): "The name is a subform of vindill and comes from vinda, to twist or turn, wind, to turn anything around rapidly. As the epithet 'the turner...  Teutonic Mythology - الصفحة 405بواسطة Viktor Rydberg, Rasmus Björn Anderson - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 706عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
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...connected with the introduction of fire. This also explains Heimdal's epithet Vindler, in Cod. Reg. of the Younger Edda (i. 266, 608). The name is a subform...synonymous with "the borer." A synonym of Heimdal's epithet Stigandi, "the traveller," is Rati, "the traveller," from rata, "to travel," "to move about." Very... | |
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