List of Illustrations

  1. Norsemen Landing in Iceland (Oscar Wergeland) Frontispiece
  2. To face page
  3. [The Giant with the Flaming Sword] (J. C. Dollman) 2
  4. [The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani] (J. C. Dollman) 8
  5. [Odin] (Sir E. Burne-Jones) 16
  6. [The Chosen Slain] (K. Dielitz) 18
  7. [A Viking Foray] (J. C. Dollman) 20
  8. [The Pied Piper of Hamelin] (H. Kaulbach) 28
  9. [Odin] (B. E. Fogelberg) 36
  10. [Frigga Spinning the Clouds] (J. C. Dollman) 42
  11. [Tannhäuser and Frau Venus] (J. Wagrez) 52
  12. [Eástre] (Jacques Reich) 54
  13. [Huldra’s Nymphs] (B. E. Ward) 58
  14. [Thor] (B. E. Fogelberg) 60
  15. [Sif] (J. C. Dollman) 64
  16. [Thor and the Mountain] (J. C. Dollman) 72
  17. [A Foray] (A. Malmström) 88
  18. [The Binding of Fenris] (Dorothy Hardy) 92
  19. [Idun] (B. E. Ward) 100
  20. [Loki and Thiassi] (Dorothy Hardy) 104
  21. [Frey] (Jacques Reich) 118
  22. [Freya] (N. J. O. Blommér) 132
  23. [The Rainbow Bridge] (H. Hendrich) 146
  24. [Heimdall] (Dorothy Hardy) 148
  25. [Jarl] (Albert Edelfelt) 152
  26. [The Norns] (C. Ehrenberg) 166
  27. [The Dises] (Dorothy Hardy) 170
  28. [The Swan-Maiden] (Gertrude Demain Hammond, R.I.) 174
  29. [The Ride of the Valkyrs] (J. C. Dollman) 176
  30. [Brunhild and Siegmund] (J. Wagrez) 178
  31. [The Road to Valhalla] (Severin Nilsson) 182
  32. [Ægir] (J. P. Molin) 186
  33. [Ran] (M. E. Winge) 190
  34. [The Neckan] (J. P. Molin) 194
  35. [Loki and Hodur] (C. G. Qvarnström) 202
  36. [The Death of Balder] (Dorothy Hardy) 206
  37. [Hermod before Hela] (J. C. Dollman) 210
  38. [Loki and Svadilfari] (Dorothy Hardy) 222
  39. [Loki and Sigyn] (M. E. Winge) 228
  40. [Thor and the Giants] (M. E. Winge) 230
  41. [Torghatten] 234
  42. [The Peaks of the Trolls] 244
  43. [The Elf-Dance] (N. J. O. Blommér) 246
  44. [The White Elves] (Charles P. Sainton, R.I.) 248
  45. [Old Houses with Carved Posts] 250
  46. [The Were-Wolves] (J. C. Dollman) 260
  47. [A Hero’s Farewell] (M. E. Winge) 264
  48. [The Funeral Procession] (H. Hendrich) 268
  49. [Sigurd and Fafnir] (K. Dielitz) 274
  50. [Sigurd Finds Brunhild] (J. Wagrez) 278
  51. [Odin and Brunhild] (K. Dielitz) 280
  52. [Aslaug] (Gertrude Demain Hammond, R.I.) 282
  53. [Sigurd and Gunnar] (J. C. Dollman) 284
  54. [The Death of Siegfried] (H. Hendrich) 288
  55. [The End of Brunhild] (J. Wagrez) 290
  56. [Ingeborg] (M. E. Winge) 304
  57. [Frithiof Cleaves the Shield of Helgé] (Knut Ekwall) 308
  58. [Ingeborg Watches her Lover Depart] (Knut Ekwall) 312
  59. [Frithiof’s Return to Framnäs] (Knut Ekwall) 316
  60. [Frithiof at the Shrine of Balder] (Knut Ekwall) 318
  61. [Frithiof at the Court of Ring] (Knut Ekwall) 320
  62. [Frithiof Watches the Sleeping King] (Knut Ekwall) 324
  63. [Odin and Fenris] (Dorothy Hardy) 334
  64. [The Ride of the Valkyrs] (H. Hendrich) 344
  65. [The Storm-Ride] (Gilbert Bayes) 358