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Johan Eric Rydqvist was a Swedish author. He was born in 1800 at Gothenburg and died in 1877. From 1828 to 1832 he edited the literary journal Heimdall and in 1849 he won the Academy of Antiquities prize by a treatise on the oldest dramas of Scandinavia and was subsequently elected a member of the Swedish Academy.
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The Aesir were the principal gods in Norse mythology. They lived in Asgard. Four of the gods were common to the Germanic nations: Odin, chief of the Aesir; Frigg Odin's wife; Tyr the god of war; and Thor the god of thunder. Some of the other important Aesir were Balder, Jord, Heimdall, and Loki.
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In Norse mythology, Alta was the giant mother of Heimdall.
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In Norse mythology, Gulltopr was the horse of Heimdall.
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In Norse mythology, Heimdall was the watchman of the bridge, Bifrost, which led to the underworld. He watches for the coming of the frost giants at the Ragnarok, at which time he will sound his horn Gjallar. His sight and hearing are acuter than those of mortals, and nothing can evade his vigilance.
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The Beowulf (formerly the Lauenburg) was a German patrol vessel of 496 tons displacement launched between 1912 and 1921 as a trawler, and acquired by the German navy for military use in 1937. She had a top speed of 10 knots, carried a complement of 38 and was armed with one 3.5 inch gun and three 1 pdr anti-aircraft guns.
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