Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas

Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas
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E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas

Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas

Table of Contents

Hakon's Lay

By James Russell Lowell

TOLD BY THE NORTHMEN:

Chapter I

How All Things Began

This is the tale which the Northmen tell concerning the Beginning of Things

Chapter II

How All-Father Odin Became Wise

These are the tales which the Northmen tell concerning the wisdom of All-Father Odin

Chapter III

How the Queen of the Sky Gave Gifts to Men

This is the tale which the Northmen tell of Frigga, Queen of the Asas

Chapter IV

How a Giant Built a Fortress for the Asas

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how a giant once built a fortress for the Asas

Chapter V

The Magic Mead

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how All-Father Odin brought the Magic Mead to Asgard

Chapter VI

How Loki Made a Wager with the Dwarfs

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Loki once made a Wager with the Dwarfs

Chapter VII

The Apples of Youth

This is the tale which the Northmen tell of how the Apples of Youth were once very nearly lost to Asgard

Chapter VIII

How the Fenris Wolf was Chained

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how the Fenris Wolf was chained

Chapter IX

How the Pride of Thor was Brought low

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how the Pride of Thor was once brought low

Chapter X

How Thor's Hammer was Lost and Found

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Thor's Hammer was lost and found

Chapter XI

The Giant's Daughters

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how the Giant's Daughters tried to kill Thor

Chapter XII

The Story of Balder the Beautiful

This is the tale the Northmen tell of the sad fate of Balder the Beautiful

THE PASSING OF BALDER

Chapter XIII

How Hermod Made a Journey to the Underworld

This is the tale which the Northmen tell of how Hermod journeyed to the Underworld to bring back Balder the Beautiful to Asgard

Chapter XIV

How Loki was Punished at Last

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Red Loki was punished at last for his sins

Chapter XV

The Story of the Magic Sword

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how a great feud arose between the Volsungs and the Goths

Chapter XVI

How Sigmund Fought His Last Battle

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigmund took Hiordis to wife, and was slain of the might of Odin

Chapter XVII

The Story of the Magic Gold

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd was nurtured in Denmark

Chapter XVIII

How Sigurd Slew the Dragon

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd slew Fafnir and Regin with the Magic Sword

Chapter XIX

How Sigurd Won the Hand of Brunhild

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd braved the flames, and what befell

Chapter XX

How the Curse of the Gold is Fulfilled

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd was foully slain in the land of the Niblungs

Chapter XXI

The Boyhood of Frithiof the Bold

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Frithiof the Bold asked for the hand of Ingeborg the Fair

Chapter XXII

Frithiof and Ingeborg

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Ingeborg went to dwell in Balder's grove

Chapter XXIII

Frithiof Braves the Storm

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Frithiof the Bold went on a perilous adventure

Chapter XXIV

Balder Forgives

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Frithiof the Bold was wedded to Ingeborg the Fair

Chapter XXV

How the End of All Things Came About

This is the tale the Northmen tell of how the End of All Things Came About

Pronouncing Index of Proper Names

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And now All-Father Odin completed his work by planting the Tree of Life.

This immense tree had its roots in Asgard and Midgard and the Mist Land; and it grew to such a marvellous height that the highest bough, the Bough of Peace, hung over the Hall of Odin on the heights of Asgard; and the other branches overshadowed both Midgard and the Mist Land. On the top of the Peace Bough was perched a mighty eagle, and ever a falcon sat between his eyes, and kept watch on all that happened in the world below, that he might tell to Odin what he saw.

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