Extracts From The Vaftrudnismal

(DISCOURSE OF VAFTRUDNER).

The wolf (Fenris) shall swallow up The father of time (Odin); But Vidar shall avenge him, And tear the monster’s jaws asunder.

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A daughter shall be born Of the old sun, Before Fenris swallows her up: After the fall of the gods The daughter shall travel On the same course as her mother did.

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Lif and Liftrasir Remain conceal’d in the wood (Hoddmimer); They are nourished by the morning dew, And from them the new race shall spring.

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When the fire (of Surtur) shall be extinguish’d, Vidar shall construct anew The dwellings of the gods.

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Then finally shall peace Succeed to the long strife.

The sun is feminine in the Gothic languages.