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Stories And Ballads > part likewise seems to be a story of the Viking Age. Towards the end, > The Saga Of HervöR And Heithrek

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  "Philip married Ingigerth, the daughter of King Harold the son of Sigurth."

Stories And Ballads > Part Ii > The TháTtr Of Nornagest

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  "The Moon's sister. The text has systur Mána, 'Máni's sister,' i.e."

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  "Máni, the old word for the moon, is preserved in Iceland only in a mythological sense, the ordinary word in use for moon being tungl."

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  "Máni and Sól (the sun) were brother and sister."

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  "he other--apart from the Frisians inhabiting the west coast of Slesvig."

• attestation: Further content from passage 113

  "The 'blood-eagle' was a form of vengeance practised by the heathen Scandinavians in battle when anyone captured the slayer of his father."

• attestation: Further content from passage 113

  "The ribs were cut in the shape of an eagle, and the lungs torn out through the opening."