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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 376 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRAGI , in Scandinavian See also:

mythology, the son of See also:Odin, and See also:god of See also:wisdom, See also:poetry and eloquence. At the Scandinavian sacrificial feasts a See also:horn consecrated to Bragi was used as a drinking-See also:cup by the guests, who then vowed to do some See also:great See also:deed which would be worthy of being immortalized in See also:verse.

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