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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 56 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GJALLAR , in Scandinavian See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the See also:

horn of Heimdall, the See also:

GUARDIAN

guardian of the See also:

RAINBOW

rainbow See also:

BRIDGE

bridge by which the gods pass and repass between See also:

earth and See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven. This horn had to be blown whenever a stranger approached the bridge.

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