Chapter XVII: Part IV

_Uffon_—this story is also historical. Shakspeare, who read Danish history, borrowed the circumstance of Vermund’s death for that of Gloster in King Lear.

_Lidscialf_—the throne of Odin.

_Heimdaller_—guardian of the bridge Bifrost, or the rainbow, by which the happy dead ascended into Asgard. He received the souls who were selected by the Valkyries, and conducted them to Odin.

_Vile_—god of archery; son of Odin and Rinda.