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A rumor of their secret meeting was circulated, and Fridthjof was summoned before the council of heroes to answer to the charge. If ever a lie were justifiable, it would seem to be when a pure woman's honor was at stake, and when a hero's happiness and power for good pivoted on it.
Their Valhalla heaven was the home of those who had fought bravely; but there was no place for liars in it. A fine illustration of their conception of the unvarying duty of truthfulness is given in the saga of Fridthjof. Fridthjof, heroic son of Thorstein, loved Ingeborg, daughter of his father's friend, King Bele.
Fridthjof tells to Ingeborg the story of his sore temptation when, in the presence of the council, Helge challenges his course. "'Say, Fridthjof, Balder's peace hast thou not broken, Not seen my sister in his house while Day Concealed himself, abashed, before your meeting? Speak! yea or nay! Then echoed from the ring Of crowded warriors, 'Say but nay, say nay!
Harischandra and Viswamitra, the Job and Satan of Hindoo Passion-Play. Scandinavian Legends. Fridthjof and Ingeborg. Persian Ideals. Zoroastrian Heaven and Hell. "Home of Song," and "Home of the Lie." Truth the Main Cardinal Virtue with Egyptians. No Hope for the Liar. Ptah, "Lord of Truth." Truth Fundamental to Deity. Relatively Low Standard of Greeks. Incidental Testimony of Herodotus.
Looking at the havoc the wave had wrought, I remembered the saga which tells of the storm the celebrated Viking Fridthjof encountered at sea, and which says: "Then came a wave breaking so strongly that it carried away the gunwales and part of the bow, and flung four men overboard, who were lost. "'Now it is likely, said Fridthjof, 'that some of our men will visit Ran.
And so, because Fridthjof would not lie, he lost his bride and became a wanderer from his land, and Ingeborg became the wife of another; and this record is to this day told to the honor of Fridthjof, in accordance with the standard of the North in the matter of truth-telling. In ancient Persia, the same high standard prevailed.
Ingeborg's brother Helge, successor to his father's throne, opposed the match, and shut her up within the sacred enclosure of the god Balder. Fridthjof ventured within the forbidden ground, in order to pledge to her his manly troth. The lovers were pure in purpose and in act, but, if their interview were known, they would both be permanently harmed in reputation and in standing.
The rudder-like oar, several feet long, is held by the captain, who sculls and steers at the same time. Captain Ole was a regular "old salt." Our crew was composed of Sven, Hakon, Fridthjof, Ivor, Evert, Harald and Erik. Evert and Harald were lads about seventeen years old; they were learning to be hardy sailors like their father.
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