Like gods
Odin has the power of divination as does his wife. As the two begin their journey out of Turkey they bring with them a great multitude of people. A simile is used to bring out how Odin and his group were held in high regard, being compared to gods: “But wherever they fared over the lands great fame was spoken of them, and they were said to be more like gods than men.”
The quickening of the dwarfs
In chapter six, the quickening of the dwarfs in the mould of the earth is enhanced through the employment of a simile. The writer notes: “They remembered how the dwarfs had quickened in the mould of the earth like maggots in flesh.” The direct comparison to the quickening of maggots in flesh enhances imagery.
The mighty Skidbladner
The mighty Skidbladner is not just a simple ship but is relatively complex. Despite being quite large in size, the ship can be reduced so that it is foldable. The writer uses a simile to compare the nature of Frey’s Skidbladner to a napkin and thus enhances the development of a visual image of the same in the reader’s subconscious: “When it is not wanted for a voyage, it is made of so many pieces and with so much skill, that Frey can fold it together like a napkin and carry it in his pocket.”
The shining gold
The gold brought in onto the floor before the AEger and the seated gods is said to light up the hall as if there was a fire. The simile brings it in clear, tangible, and concrete terms, the bright appearance of the gold placed on the hall’s floor: “When the gods had taken their seats, AEger let his servants bring in on the hall floor bright gold, which shone and lighted up the whole hall like fire, just as the swords in Valhal are used instead of fire.”
An softness of an elf’s voice
The soft, melodious nature of the elves voices is comprehensible in the work through the writer’s choice of comparing it to air. In this sense, the writer is able to present how “out of this world” soft the elves voices are while at the same time enhancing imagery: “Their voice is said to be soft like the air.”
