{"product_id":"2940013650169","title":"YULE-TIDE IN MANY LANDS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.    YULE-TIDE OF THE ANCIENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.   YULE-TIDE IN ENGLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.  YULE-TIDE IN GERMANY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.   YULE-TIDE IN SCANDINAVIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.    YULE-TIDE IN RUSSIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.   YULE-TIDE IN FRANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.  YULE-TIDE IN ITALY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. YULE-TIDE IN SPAIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.   YULE-TIDE IN AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYULE-TIDE OF THE ANCIENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"There in the Temple, carved in wood,\u003cbr\u003e    The image of great Odin stood,\u003cbr\u003e    And other gods, with Thor supreme among them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs early as two thousand years before Christ Yule-tide was celebrated\u003cbr\u003eby the Aryans. They were sun-worshipers and believed the sun was born\u003cbr\u003eeach morning, rode across the upper world, and sank into his grave at\u003cbr\u003enight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDay after day, as the sun's power diminished, these primitive people\u003cbr\u003efeared that he would eventually be overcome by darkness and forced to\u003cbr\u003eremain in the under world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen, therefore, after many months, he apparently wheeled about and\u003cbr\u003egrew stronger and stronger, they felt that he had been born again. So\u003cbr\u003eit came about that at _Hweolor-tid_, \"the turning-time,\"[1] there was\u003cbr\u003egreat rejoicing at the annual re-birth of the sun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the myths and legends of these, our Indo-European ancestors, we\u003cbr\u003efind the origin of many of the Yule-tide customs now in vogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Footnote 1: Yule-tide]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the Younger Edda, Wodin or Odin, the pioneer of the\u003cbr\u003eNorth, a descendant of Saturn, fled out of Asia. Going through Russia\u003cbr\u003eto Saxland (Germany), he conquered that country and left one of his\u003cbr\u003esons as ruler. Then he visited Frankland, Jutland, Sweden, and Norway\u003cbr\u003eand established each one of his many sons on a throne.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070108745968,"sku":"2940013650169","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013650169_p0.jpg?v=1763584000","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013650169","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}