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Raging Host. Same as Wild Hunt, [23], [26]
Ragnar Lodbrog (rȧg′nar lŏd′brog). Aslaug marries, [281]
Ragnarok (rȧg′nȧ-rok). Heimdall to announce, [14]; murder, precursor of, [223]; recruits for battle at, [265]; the tragedy of, [330], [337]; comparisons, [341], [361]; Fenris dies at, [357]
Ran. Wife of Ægir, [186], [193]; sister of Loki, [217]; Loki makes a net like, [226]; Loki borrows net of, [272]; compared to Amphitrite, [359]; Frithiof provides tribute for, [313]
Randwer (rȧnd′ver). The death of, [295]
Rat Tower. In the Rhine, [30]
Ratatosk (rä′tȧ-tosk). Squirrel, telltale, [13]; equivalent, [347]
Rati (rä′tē). Odin’s auger, [98]
Regin (rā′gin). Sigurd educated by, [269]; the story of, [270]–274; sword forged by, [274]; Sigurd to slay Fafnir for, [275]; demands satisfaction, [276]; death of, [277]
Reine Pédauque (rān-pā-dōk′). Frigga same as, [56]
Renown. Compared to Heimdall, [356]
Rerir (rā′rir). Son of Odin, receives apple, [48], [252]; Greek equivalent for story of, [296]
Resurrection. Word whispered by Odin, [33], [206]
Rhine. Tower in the, [29]; gold of the, [177], [251]; divinity of the, [195], [359]; Lorelei in the, [194]–196; Brunhild and Gudrun bathe in the, [286]; hoard sunk in the, [292]
Riesengebirge (rē′zen-ge-bēr-ge). Giant mountains, [232], [362]
Riger (rē′ger). Heimdall visits earth as, [151]
Rinda (rin′dȧ). Wife of Odin, [38], [213]; prophecy concerning, [156], [201]; Odin courts, [162], [213]; Greek equivalents, [345], [357]
Ring. Viking’s son, [300]
Ringric (ring′-ric). Sigurd Ring, king of, [308]; Frithiof in, [325]
Ringhorn. Balder’s pyre on, [206], [207]; Greek equivalent, [360]
Rodenstein (rō′den-stīn). Wild Hunt led by, [25], [26]
Romans. Æsir driven from Asia Minor by, [39]; Vitellius, prefect, [87]; Christianity, [249]
Rome. Tannhäuser visits, [54]; Vitellius, emperor of, [87]
Roskva (ros′kvȧ). Thor’s servant, [69]
Rossthiof (ros′thyẽf). The prophecy of, [155], [156], [157], [162], [164], [201]; compared, [357]
Rosterus (ros′ter-us). Odin as smith, [163]
Rügen (rē′gen). Nerthus’s worship on island of, [57]
Runes (ro͞onz). Odin masters and uses, [33], [96], [197], [200]
Russia. Æsir migrate to, [39]; name for, [156]
Ruthenes (ru-thē′nez). Odin visits the land of the, [156], [162]