SUPEESTITIONS.DEEAMS. 



That forebodes to us heavy fight ; 

 It bespattered us all with blood. 

 Because of its threats, I thought 

 It was a shape of Atli's. 1 



Hogni. 



We kill cattle speedily; 

 Then we see blood. 

 It often means oxen 

 When we dream of eagles. 

 True is the mind of Atli, 

 Whatever thou mayest dream. 

 They ceased ; 

 The talk ended. 



Glaumvor. 



I fancied a gallows made for thee, 

 And thou wert going to hang thereon 

 I thought that snakes ate thee, 

 That I buried thee alive ; 

 That the ragnarok came. 

 Guess what it was. 



Glaumvor. . 

 A bloody sword I saw, 

 Drawn out of thy shirt. 

 It is sad to tell of such a 

 Dream to a near kinsman. 2 

 A spear, I tkought, 



Had pierced thy side ; 

 Wolves howled 

 At both its ends. 



Gun na)\ 



It is dogs that run, 

 Barking very loud ; 

 The yelping of dogs often 

 Forebodes the flying of spears. 



Glaumvor. 



It seemed to me a river ran 

 Through the length of the house, 

 Roaring in anger, 

 Rushing over the benches, 

 Breaking the feet of your 

 Two brothers here. 

 The water spared nothing : 

 This may forebode something. 



Glaumvor. 



It seemed to me that dead women 

 Came hither this night ; 

 They were well dressed, 

 Wanted to choose thee ; 3 

 They bade thee come quickly 

 To their benches. 

 I say, the Disir * 

 Have abandoned thee. 



Never to dream was considered a misfortune. 



(Atlamal.) 



" It happened that the son of a high-born woman lost his 

 memory, as if he was insane. His mother came to King 

 Harald, and asked him for good advice. The king advised 

 her to go and see King Magnus, for he knew there was none 

 better in the land, and he would give counsel. She went to 

 King Magnus accordingly, who said, ' Did you not see King 

 Harald?' 'I did,' answered she, and told him what he said. 

 King Magnus added, ' Nobody is wiser than King Harald in 

 this land, and he can give some advice if he have the will.' 

 King Harald, on hearing this, said : ' Then I shall give 

 I think I see what ails thy son : he is draumstoli, 5 



some. 



for it is not the nature of a man that he dream not. I advise 

 thee to go to where King Magnus has washed his hands, 



1 One of At.li's shapes, which he could 

 change himself into. 



2 Her husband. 



3 Summon to join the dead. 



4 Guardian spirits ; Disir, the shapes 



<if dead women. Ct'. Gisli Surs&on. 



5 Dreamstolen, meaning, that the 

 ability of dreaming had been taken away 

 from him. 



