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The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions (1815)

Storer, James, 1771-1853 · London, Published for the proprietors by Wm. Clarke... J. Murray... S. Bagster... J.M. Richardson... and Sherwood and Co. .. · leaf 170

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e three principal gods to whomsacrifices were offered: Wodin, or Odin, holding a sword ;Thor on his left, wearing a crown and sceptre, with a club inhis hand; Frea, or Friggo, the wife of Wodin, having theattributes of the goddess of pleasure, stood on the left ofThor. Around these idols were… … GOODMANHAM, YORKSHIRE. wa& placed a brass vase to receive the blood of the victims ;adjoining it was a brush, which was used to sprinkle theblood over the worshippers,—the same as holy water is nowdispersed in Roman Catholic churches. In another chapelwas a deep pit, into which the victims were…

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