CHAPTER VIII

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THE ANCIENT SAXONS.

Origin of the early Saxons--Description of their habits and arms --Their religion--The halls of Valhalla--Their belief in rewards and punishments after death--Their ancient mythology described--Superstitions of the early Saxons--Their ancient temples and forms of worship--Their picturesque processions --Dreadful punishments inflicted upon those who robbed their temples--Different orders of society--Their divisions of the seasons--Their bravery as pirates, and skill in navigation p. 64

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