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The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson

Note 116 — THE GROENLAND LAY OF ATLI.

Joseph Andrew Blackwell translation

The ancient usage of laying the body in a ship and sending it adrift, seems inconsistent with the later custom of depositing it in a cist or coffin.

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