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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BIFROST , in Old Norse See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the See also:

RAINBOW

rainbow, which was supposed to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

BRIDGE

bridge by which the gods passed between See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven and See also:

earth . It was guarded by See also:

HEIMDAL, or HEIMDALL

Heimdal, See also:

GOD

god of See also:

LIGHT

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