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the air. In the twilight of the Gods, also, he is to fight with, and destroy Heimdaller, the God of the Air. Apollo, by the Grecians, is called Loxias, either, it is supposed, on account of the obliquity of the Zodiac, in which the sun goes, or the ambiguity of his oracles, or lastly from λοχος, insidiæ. This exactly agrees with the character of Lok, who is called the architect of guile, &c. The wolf also was sacred to Apollo, and Fenrir, the most voracious of wolves, was the son of Lok. At the feast of Ager, he seems to have acted the part of Momus. There is an odd coincidence of thought between this ode and the wanton wife of Bath. Thor in many things is similar to Hercules. He fought with the serpent of Midgard— Hercules with the Hydra: he overcame the Giants—so did Hercules. The armour of Thor and Hercules bear also
