List of Illustrations

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[“The Shield rose up in the Air”] Frontispiece
[“When Randur appeared before the ‘Thing’”] 33
[“She saw a Big Three-Headed Giant”] 39
[“He saw a Young Girl fastened to a Nail in the Wall by her Long Plaits of Hair”] 61
[“He then hid himself behind a Projecting Rock”] 65
[“A Gigantic Woman appeared”] 80
[“Helga gave a Cry of Terror”] 91
[“She appeared more like Some Terrible Giantess”] 104
[“Creeping forth from her Tree, greatly to Laufey’s Surprise”] To face 109
[“A Monstrous Hand opened the Lattice”] 123
[“With One Spring Hadvör was outside the Grave”] 137
[“There the Rat and Mouse were fighting and biting One Another”] 145
[“ ‘Ay, you shall have your Wish, he muttered’ ”] 149
[“Hans at once saw that it was a Dragon”] 162
[“Kurt hoped the Giantess might be asleep”] To face 169
[“Forth stepped the Beautiful White-Robed Figure”] 185
[“The Grey Man, hanging apparently Lifeless from the Branch”] 200
[“They saw a Figure all blazing with Light”] 206
[“Harald pitied the Old Man”] 215
[“Queen Guda rolled the Stone into the Sea”] 231
[“Just let me catch you”] To face 240
[“Olga went bravely up the Rock”] 261
[“ ‘Don’t leave me here,’ cried Fair Isolde”] 275
[“The Old Cook was sitting on a Stool shelling Peas”] 283
[“Signy entered very softly”] 294
[“She was dressed as a Simple Peasant”] 314