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Icelandic Eddas and Sagas. Including: Lee M. Hollander, Old Norse poems.
George Webbe Dasent. Popular tales from the Norse.
Saxo Grammaticus. The Danish history.
Donald A. Mackenzie. Teutonic myth and legend.
Snorri Sturlson (tr Samuel Laing). Heimskringla: The chronicle of the kings of Norway.
In Western folklore, it is believed that evil spirits, demons, vampires, trolls, and even Satan are obliged to disappear at dawn, for, being creatures of darkness, they hate light, especially that of the sun. Many pre-Christian cultures also believed in this, including the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Celts.
It is for these reasons that females having Dawn as a first or second name signify strength and the ability to fend off evil and protect the human race against vampires and evil trolls. E. Dawn Beattie is an example of such a heroine as illustrated by Anne Rice in her novel, The Vampire Chronicles, Book 6. Wikipedia
