Mankind forgot God's name and began worshipping the earth, animals, and stars. This is how paganism arose.
En þar sem mennirnir fjölgaðust um jörðina, gleymdu þeir nafni Guðs. Þeir hófu að blóta jörðina ok dýr ok stjörnur, ok þat var upphaf heiðni þeirra.
But as mankind multiplied across the earth, they forgot God's name. They began to make offerings to the earth, to animals, and to the stars, and that was the beginning of their paganism.