| There was a time when the world was young and no man had ever trodden the face
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| of the earth, whence it happened that Odin, foremost und mightiest of the Æsir
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| dynasty, rode across the vast plains of Æsgaard to feast his very eyes upon his
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| realm.
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| His gaze fell upon meadows green, vast and dense forests, rivers and streams
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| abundant of fish and mighty whose snow-covered peaks reached far into the
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| endless sky.
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| After he had ridden for seven days, his gaze fell upon a city stretching far
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| upon the eastern horizon, never before he had seen this city nor had he deemed
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| it’s existence to be possible, as the only dynasty supposed of making their
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| home in Æsgaard was the one of the Æsir.
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| Odin rode closer and took cover behind an ancient oak tree.
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| He called upon his ravens Hugin and Minin, to be his eyes and ears,
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| and sent them forth to scry upon the miracles which might hide beneath the
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| city walls.
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| He saw figures of men, looking seemingly alike to his own peaople and he also
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| saw the miracles they were able to work.
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| One he saw, was using just the powers of his spirit to grow trees in his garden
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| and he saw another using his will to call sparkling water frm the plkain earth
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| to cultivate his fields.
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| And Odin heard how they spoke to each other.
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| Thus he became aware of their name. |
| They called themselves «Vanir»
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| For three days and three nights his ravens stayed in the city of Vanir and for
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| three days and three nights he remained hidden behind the ancient oak tree.
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| Then, when he decided to have seen and heard enough, he summoned back his
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| messengers and turned away from Vanaheim.
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| Hastily he rode back towards the sacred halls of Valhalla to give account of
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| his discovery…
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| To give account of the terrible threat rising in the east! |