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[10] A complete, annotated copy of the Eddas can be found at the Gutenberg Project: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14726/14726-h/14726-h.htm; The Prose Edda Commentary by Gamall Steinn. Accessed online at http://gamall-steinn.org/text/proseedda.pdf

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[18] "Valhalla" at the Mythology Dictionary http://www.mythologydictionary.com/valhalla-mythology.html

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[33] "The Trollkryka" by Alfarrin, accessed online at http://cauldronborn.blogspot.com/2006/12/trollkyrka.html

[34] For a translation and interpretation of Adam of Bremen's account, visit: http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/uppsalatemple.html

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