"Walfadur, in Norse mythology, was a surname of Odin, who was the father (master) of all the slain in battle, because the surviving in battle tarried with him.
"Walford, Wii.liaji, an English Dissenting minis- ter, was l)orn at Bath, Jan. 9, 1773, and was some time tutor in Homerton College. He published. The Book of Psalms, a, Neu' Translation, with Notes Explanatory and Critical {hand. 1837): — Curce Romance: — Notes on the Epistle to the Romans, with a Revised Translation (ibid. 1846). He died at Uxbridge, Jan. 22, 1850.
"Walgino, in Slavonic mythology, is a god, pro- tector of domestic animals, worshipped by the Poles.
"Walhalla, in Norse mythology, is the golden pal- ace in the kingdom of Odin where all heroes slain in battle assembled. EverT,-thing known by Northern he- roes as luck and blessedness was to be foinid in Wal- halla. Herraode and Braga received them in the (ila- sor forest, bearing gold leaves, which led the way to the palace reaching up to heaven. In this palace were waiting the most ravishing, blooming maidens — the Walkiiren — where also was spread for them a table of bacchanalian abundance. But there are also in store for them war, victory, and death; because Odin will em- ploy the heroes in order to resist Surtur's army and the inhabitants of Muspeltheim on the day of the destruc- tion of the world. — VoUmer, Worterb. d. Mythol. s. v. See Norsk Mythology.
"Wali, in Norse mythology, is the son of the evil Loke. After Loke had caused the death of Baldur, he was caught in the Faranger-trap as a lynx. Tlien Wali was changed into a wolf, and he tore to pieces his brother Narwi, with whose intestines Loke was bound. Another AVali is also called AH.
"Walk (prop. Ti?'7 or "p^) iripnrariw'). The He- brew verb not only signifies to advance with a steady step, but also to augment a moderate pace until it ac- quires rapidity. It is used in this sense by the evan- gelical prophet with the greatest propriety in the fol- lowing passage: "Even the j'ouths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall : but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary ; and they shall walk, and not faint" (Isa.xl.SO, 31)."
Walking for the sake of exercise is rarely practiced in the East; indeed, the indolent Orientals are quit* unable to comprehend the conduct of Europeans in walk- ing for mere recreation, without any immediate purpose of business. They attribute this to a spirit of restless- ness which they believe to be a kind of curse inflicted upon Christian nations; and, in a dispute between Turks, it is not uncommon for one of the (larties, as his worst execration, to wish that his opponent should be con- deuHied "to walk like a Frank." Among the females, tills dislike of locomotion is carried to a still greater extent, and there is scarcely any epithet which would lie more offensive to a Turkish or Persian lady than to be called "a walker."' This appears also to have been the case with the Egyptian ladies, for there are but few instances of their being represented on the monuments
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Walking-sticks fouDcl at Thebes. 2 is of clierry-woocl, in Mr. Salt's collection ; 3 sliows the peg at the side.
in walkiiiic attitudes. Wilkinson observes (^ ?ic. E<jypt. ii, o47, o48) :
"When walking from home, Eiryptian gentlemen fie- qnently carried sticks, varying from three or four to about six feet in length, occasionalTy surmounted with a knob imitating a flower, or with the more usual peg projecting from one side, some of which have been found at Thebes. Many were of chemj-woml, only three feet three inches long; and those I have seen with the lotus head were generally alxmt the same length. Others appear to have been much longer ; the sculptures represent them at least six feet; and one bimight to England by Mr. Madnx was about tive feet in length. Some were ornamented wirh color and gilding. On entering a house, they left their stick in the hall or at the door: and poor men were some- times employed to hold the sticks of the guests who had come to a party on foot, being rewarded by the master of the house for their trouble with a trifliug compensation in money, with their dinner, or a piece of meat to carry TO their family. The name of each person was frequent- ly written on his stick in hieroglyphics, for which reason ii hard wood was preferred, as tlie acacia, which seems to have been more geneially used than any other; and on one found at Athribis the owner had written, 'O my stick, the support of my legs,' " etc.
Priests and other Persons of Rank Walking with Sticks. (Prom Thebes.)
Walk is often used in Scripture for conduct in life, or a man's general demeanor and deportment. Thus we are told that Enoch and Noah " walked with God ;" that is, they maintained a course of action conformed to the will of their Creator, and acceptable in his sight: draw- ing near to him by public and private devotions; mani- festing, by their piety, a constant sense of his presence, and by their purity of life a reverence for the moral laws which he had established for the guidance of his creatures. In many parts both of tlie Old and New Test, we find God promising to walk with his people; and his people, on the other hand, desiring the influence of God's Holy Spirit, that they may walk in his stat- utes. "To walk in darkness" (I John i, 6,7) is to be involved in unbelief, and misled by error; "to walk in the light" is to be well informed, holy, and happy ; " to walk by faith" is to e.^pect the things promised or threatened, and to maintain a course of conduct perfect- ly consistent with such a belief; "to walk after the flesh'' is to gratify the carnal desires, to yield to the fleshly appetites, and be obedient to the lusts of the flesh ; " to walk after the Spirit" is to pursue spiritual objects, to cultivate spiritual affections, to be spiritually minded, which is life and peace.