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That also reminds me of the many times your magazine and also The March of Time have spoken and written about the old German gods Wodin and Thor, etc. These are essentially Danish, from away back into the dark 400 A.D. and were known as Odin and Thor, hence the weekdays, Onsdag (Wednesday) & Torsdag (Thursday) ; and Fredag (Friday) from Freja (j pronounced as y), Goddess of Beauty and Intelligence...
...Rubenstein, '30, painting on the damp, freshly plastered walls of the entrance hall scenes from the "Neibelungenlied" and the old "Icelandic Edda". And stirring scenes they are. "Wars are waged, blood is shed, and evil grows greater . . . The giants have gathered to attack Asgard." Frey, the traitorous Loki, and Thor, with his mighty workman's hammer, battle on the bridge Bilfrost, which "is built of air and water, and is protected by red fire flaming on its edge...
...rent. . . . In this din shall the heavens be cloven, and the sons of Muspell ride thence: Sutr shall ride first and both before and after him burning fire." Leading the giants is the traitor Loki, holding a flame thrower, and Frey, who opposes him is swept by flames. Thor, the thunder god, rushes to the attack, wielding his mighty workman's hammer...
...Thor-Swedish--Smorgbund and candle light--What more...