Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

[THE LEGEND OF THE KING’S THREE SONS] 11

[HELGA] 35

[THORSTEIN]

I. [How Thorstein lost his Kingdom] 46
II. [His Arrival at the Giant’s Castle] 50
III. [The Mystery of the Locked Room] 59
IV. [How Thorstein’s Kind Actions received their Reward] 68

[SIGURD]

I. [Sigurd Finds a Friend in his Stepmother] 73
II. [He wrestles with the Giant Sisters] 79
III. [His Meeting with Helga] 84
IV. [His Escape on the Wonderful Horse Gullfaxi] 90

[LINEIK AND LAUFEY] 95

[THE FIVE BROTHERS] 116

[HERMOD AND HADVÖR] 127

[INGEBJÖRG] 147

[HANS]

I. [Hans Starts on his Travels] 157
II. [His Wonderful Adventures, and how he returned Good for Evil] 166

[THE GIANTESS AND THE GRANITE BOAT] 176

[GREYBEARD]

I. [The Strange Adventures of Geir] 189
II. [How Greybeard outwitted the King and won Princess Sigrid] 196

[LITILL, TRITILL, THE BIRDS, AND THE PEASANT LAD] 210

[LAUGHING INGIBJÖRG]

I. [Thorwald and Ingibjörg are cruelly treated by their stepmother, who tries to get rid of them] 224
II. [How Thorwald and Ingibjörg found themselves at the Witch’s Island, and what they did] 232
III. [Their Further Adventures and Escape] 236
IV. [The King’s Return, and Queen Guda’s Release from the Witch’s Thrall] 242

[THE THREE PEASANT MAIDENS]

I. [How Queen Hertha fell from her High Estate] 248
II. [What had befallen the Two Little Princes and their Sister] 253
III. [Olga’s Courage rescues Her Brothers, Queen Hertha is restored to her Husband, and the Parents recover their Children] 258

[THE FAIR AND THE DARK ISOLDE]

I. [Death of the Queen. The King remarries, and proceeds on a Tour through his Kingdom] 267
II. [What Befalls “Fair Isolde” after her Father has gone] 273
III. [“Fair Isolde” escapes, and disguises herself] 278
IV. [Fertram falls under a Spell, and is betrothed to “Dark Isolde”] 281
V. [The Spell is broken, and the Wicked Queen’s Designs are frustrated] 285

[PRINCE HLINI] 291

[FERTRAM AND HILDUR] 303