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some resemblance. The former carried a Mallet, wore a girdle of courage, and defended his hands with gauntlets— Hercules had his Club, his Lion’s skin, and his Cæsti. Thor also bears some analogy to the Grecian Jupiter who overthrew the Giants with his thunder as Thor did with his mallet. Balder, on account of his beauty, was supposed to be the God of the sun. It is said that all nature, together with Frigga and the Gods, grieved for his death—this seems very analagous to the fables of Adonis and Atys. Tyr answers to Mars, and also to Hercules. One fought with Cerberus, the other with Garmer. Heimdaller presided over the Ether. This was the office that the Grecians assigned to Minerva. There is also a similarity of names between the Northern and Grecian Goddesses—Frigga sounds like Dea Phrygia, Loduna like
