Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 342
sand sagas, were anything butillustrations of Christian vir-tues. Chief of these populardemi-gods was Sigurd, themost perfect embodiment ofthe Norsemans conceptionof manly force and fearless-ness. Even Christian prieststhemselves were not whollyfree from this feeling, and Munthe, Die Holzbauktmst… … Sigurd Saga. (Hyllestad.) cherished a lingering fond-ness for the outworn creedsand discarded superstitionsof their fathers. Partly asan expression of this senti-ment, and partly as a matterof policy, Sigurd, the slayerof Fafnir, was made to sym-bolize Christ, the subduer ofSatan, or was regarded…
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