"She read the introduction about the retrieval of the old Germanic world, with its secrets and wonders... She was puzzled of the idea of the Germans. She had dreams that they were Germans underneath her bed, who, having cast her parent into a green pit in dark woods were sawing down the legs of her bed to reach her and destroy her. Who were these old Germans as opposed to the ones overhead, now dealing death out of the skies."
This passage comes quite early on in the book and refers to when the thin child comes across the book Asgard and the Gods and starts to read it. It refers to the child realizing how this book is filled with many mysteries, apparitions, and illusions. The thin child also comments how this book was written by Germans and how it reminds her of the shrouded Germanic culture and its secrets. I also found it very interesting as to how she comes to the conclusion that she is afraid of Germans. She doesn't explicitly say this but says that she thinks they're Germans underneath her bed, who are trying to claw their way to her and destroy her. As a young child I would also be afraid of whats under my bed or in my closet, and I found it intriguing how the thin child made Germans to be her bed monsters. This probably has a lot to do with the time and setting of the story because parts of it refers to World War II and the bombings over England and how German's are doing this by "dealing death out of the skies."
It is so interesting to think about the Germans as monsters underneath one's bed. As a child who has not had any direct experiences them and only hears about them through what her family and friends say. I agree with much of what you said about "dealing death out of the sky" as this is only something one can know if they have experienced being bombed.
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