Sutton, Thomas ( 1 ), founder of the Charter- house school and hospital, was l)orn at Knaith, Lincoln- shire, in 1532. He was educated at Eton and Cam- bridge, but at what college is uncertain. After travel- ling abroad for some time, he returned hoine in 1562; was retained by the duke of Norfolk, and afterwards became secretary to the earl of Warwick and his broth- er, earl of Leicester. In 1569 he became master of ord- nance at Berwick, and shortly after obtained a patent for the office of master-general of the ordnance of the North, which he retained until 1594. He entered into business, and was at the time of his death (at Hackney, Dec. 12, 1611) the richest untitled subject in the king- dom. He endowed the Charterhouse in 1611 with the bulk of his property. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v.; Chalmers, Bioij. Diet. s. v.
Sutton, Thomas (2), D.D., an English clergy-
man, was born at Bampton, Westmoreland, and entered Queen's College, Oxford, in 1602, at the age of sixteen. He became perpetual fellow in 1611, lecturer of St. Helen's, Abington, Berks, and minister of C.alham, and afterwards minister of St. iNIary Overies, Soiithwark. He was drowned at sea in 1623. He published separate Sermons (Lond. 1615, 8vo ; 1616, 8vo; 1626, 4to; 1631, 4to) : — Lectures on Romans, ch. xi (1632, 4to) : — and left in i\IS. Lectures on Romans, ch. xii, and Psalm cxix. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Avier, A uthors, s. v.
Sutton, "William, a minister of the IMethodist Episcopal ( 'hurcli, was born in Virginia about 1783, and in 1810 was licensed to preach. In 1823 he was or- dained deacon by bishop M'Kendree, and in 1829 elder by bislio)) Hoberts, and after this gave tiie Church faithful service for twenty-nine years. He died at London, Jladison Co., O., Dec. 13, 1858. See Minutes of A nnual Conferences of the M, E. Church, South, 1859, p. 190.
Suva, in Japanese mythology, is the god of the chase and the tutelary patron of all hunters. Large processions are ainiually formed in his honor.
Svadilfur, in Norse mytholog}', was a famous horse of the giant who built the castle of the gods. He pro- jected a great fortress for the asas who were defending themselves against the ice-giants ; and he offered him- self as an architect to erect it, provided they would give him three winters to liuish it, and the beautiful Frcia as a wife and the sun and moon as servants. By the ad- vice of Loke, the asas accepted the offer, on the condi- tion that he shoidd fulfil it in one winter, and without any other help than the horse Svadilfur. The giant agreed to this, and his horse exhibited such extraordi- nary strength that he easily lifted stones of the greatest weight, which would have required a hundred horses to carry; and the building was already completed, except a single gate, before the asas had thouglit it possible. They then threatened Loke with death if he did not break up the contract. Loke thereupon assumed the form of a beautiful mare, and so engaged the stallion Svadilfur that he broke the rope by which he was held and followed Loke, who took him far enough away. From this connection sprang Odin's famous eiglit-footed horse Sleipner, who was fleeter than the wind and never tired. The architect saw himself deserted by his help, and sought to assume his gigantic form in order to fin- ish the work with all his strength ; but in the dilemma of the gods as to whether in that case they should abide by their word, or whether the giant should not be re- quired to finish the work as he was, Thor suddenly ap- peared with his hammer and slew the giant. — Yolliuer, Worterb. d. Mythol. s. v.
Svaha, in Hindu mythology, was the spouse of the fire-god Agni.
Svainshaugi, or Swains' Hii.i., in Norse mythol- ogy, was a place which appears to have been originallj' the residence of dwarfs, inasmuch as the Edda mentions several of these as coming thence to Orwanga (arrow- field) and Joniwall (iron or battle field).
Svaixdunoka, in Slavic mythology, was the brill- iant bride of llie star-god. She was worshipped by the heathen Prussians as a friendly, benign goddess, who kept the stars in their courses when her husband drop- ped their reins in his wild chase on the moon-car through storm and cloud.
Svaixtix, in Slavic mj'thology, was the god of the stars and of sunlight, whom the ancient Prussians re- vered in common with the Wends and Slavs in Pome- rania, etc. He was represented in exceedingly rich clothing, had tlames and rays about his head, and a tuft of hair on the middle of his crown, which rose like a flame of fire. From old Rhetrajan works of art we infer, notwithstanding the inscription which calls him Belhog (i. e. biali hog, a good deity, in opposition to Czernebog,
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the evil god), that he was a malicious deity, since he appears as tierce and forbidding; but we must bear in mind that scidpture must rise to a high grade before noble and inviting forms can be represented. This art was at that time in such infancy that we can only wonder how the figures are shapely at all. Svaixtix was the most benevolent deity; he illuminated the night by the glimmer of the stars, by the aurora and the snow-light, and, like the sun-god, imparted growth to seeds and warmth and fruitfulness to the soil. — VoU- mer, Wurferb. d. Mythol. s. v.