GENERAL INDEX.
- Adam of Bremen, page [41].
- Ætna, [142], [151].
- Agriculture in Iceland, [178], [303].
- Almannagjá, [73].
- Althing, or Iceland Congress, [42], [45], [78].
- Althing, Journal of, [296].
- America discovered by the Northmen, [36].
- Angelica Archangelica, [125].
- Angling, [78].
- Annexation of an island to Denmark, [148].
- Apavatn Lake, [97].
- Arbrandsá river, [115].
- Arnason, Jon, Librarian of Public Library, [309].
- Atmosphere, its transparency, [141].
- Barrow, the English traveler, [206].
- Bath in the Geyser, [111].
- Beard a protection against the elements, [121].
- Beards worn in Iceland, [60].
- Beards worn by the gods, [249].
- Bessastath, [63].
- Biarni Heriulfson, the First Discoverer of America, [63].
- Birds—the curlew, [169];
- cormorant, [223];
- eider-duck, [219];
- western eider, [221];
- fulmar, [168];
- gannet, or solan goose, [31], [224];
- Iceland gull, [228];
- skua gull, [228];
- jer-falcon, [230];
- white owl, [229];
- penguin, [222];
- plover, [169];
- pochard, [118];
- ptarmigan, [90];
- puffin, [163], [168];
- ravens, [114], [170];
- sea-fowl on the Westmann Islands, [163];
- on the coast of Iceland, [198];
- snow-birds, [226];
- tern, or sea-swallow, [107], [198].
- Bjarnarfell mountain, [112].
- Bjolfell mountain, [141], [145].
- Blacksmithing, [89].
- Blue berry, the only fruit in Iceland, [157].
- Books published in Iceland, [295].
- Bræthratunga church, [119].
- Brandy, use of it in Iceland, [180].
- Breithifjorth, [313].
- Briem, Rev. Johan, [123].
- Brinjulfsson, Gisli, [311].
- Bruará or Bridge River, [97].
- Bruce’s Address, in Icelandic and English, [286–7].
- Brydone, [93], [135].
- Caraway growing spontaneously in Iceland, [125].
- Cathedral worship in Reykjavik, [306].
- Cattegat, [17], [21], [22], [320].
- Cave in a hill, [96].
- Cave of Surtshellir, [109], [243], note.
- Christianity introduced into Iceland, [82].
- Christiansand, [23], [319].
- Churchyards and burial customs, [178].
- Clays, beautifully colored, [102], [191], [200], [208].
- College at Reykjavik, [57].
- Columbus, his visit to Iceland, [39].
- Copenhagen, [17], [320].
- Craters of Hekla, [138], [143].
- Dancing on ship-board, [317].
- Danish laws in Iceland, [298].
- Danish merchants in Reykjavik, [306].
- Dining on Mount Hekla, [140].
- Diseases in Iceland, [305].
- Domestic animals of Iceland, [55].
- Domestic labor of the Icelanders, [58], [293].
- Eddas, poems of the early Icelanders, [271].
- Edda, the Elder; ascribed to Sæmund Frode, [271].
- Edda, the Younger; ascribed to Snorri Sturlason, [272].
- Egilson, Sweinborn, [52], [308].
- Eider-down beds, [127], [218].
- Elsinore castle and town, [17], [22], [320].
- Eric the Red, [35].
- Ericsson, descendant of Eric the Red, [36].
- Exports of Iceland, [56], [298].
- Eyjafjalla Jokull, [142], [151], [160], [315].
- Farming in Iceland, [179], [182], [303].
- Farming tools, [117].
- Faroe Isles, [24], [25], [233].
- Feasts, in old times, [59].
- Ferryman on the Hvitá river, [185].
- Fish, Iceland method of curing, [215].
- Fishing season in Iceland, [116].
- Fish lake, its disappearance, [152].
- Finn Magnusen, [37].
- Finnsen, William, Treasurer of Iceland, [28].
- Floki, a pirate, [170].
- Flower on Mount Hekla, [136].
- Flowers on a desert island, [121].
- Fourth of July at sea, [23], [24].
- Franklin’s Story of a Whistle, in Icelandic, [289].
- French officers traveling in Iceland, [66], [70], [76], [84].
- French vessel wrecked in Iceland, [315].
- Game in Iceland, [55], [56], [90], [169], [170].
- Gardar Swarfarson, [35].
- Garden vegetables, [62], [179].
- Geimar’s Iceland, Greenland, and Spitzbergen, [317].
- Geographical names and terms, [85].
- Geyser, Eruptions of, [105].
- Geyser, its appearance when still, [100].
- Gissur Thorvaldsen, son-in-law of Snorri Sturlason, [274].
- Graba, a Danish traveler in Faroe, [236].
- Greenland, discovery of, [35].
- Grenadier island, [31], [314].
- Grænavatn, or Green Lake, [142], [201].
- Gudmundsen, Thomas, [175].
- Hacon, King of Norway, [274].
- Hafnarfiorth, [63], [213], [215].
- Hávamál, an Eddaic Poem, [275].
- Haying season, [303].
- Heath, [157], [158], [159].
- Heimskringla, [275].
- Hjalli, [195].
- Hekla, ascent of, [132].
- Helsingborg, [21].
- Herdisa, wife of Snorri Sturlason, [273].
- Hlitharvatn, [198].
- Holland, Dr. 135, [297].
- “Horrible Lava,” 211.
- Horses in Iceland, [65], [116], [129], [298].
- Hospitality of the Icelanders, [197].
- Hot Springs, [187].
- Hraungerthi, [177].
- Hruni, and its hospitable clergyman, [122].
- Hunting sea-fowl in the Westmann islands, [163].
- Hvitá or White river, [118], [119], [185].
- Iceland, its discovery and settlement, [35].
- Icelander in the Wars of Napoleon, [293].
- Icelandic language, [270].
- Icelandic poetry, its peculiar construction, [282].
- Imports of Iceland, [56].
- Indians in America in battle with the Icelanders, [38].
- Ingolf, plants the first settlement in Iceland, [35].
- Islands, Sandey and Nesey, in Thingvalla Lake, [92].
- Johnson, Bjarni, President of the Iceland college at Reykjavik, [63], [66], [74], [77], [217].
- Jonson, Rev. at Vogsósar, [196].
- Kirkubær, [139].
- Krisuvik, [200].
- Ladies riding on horseback, [91], [215].
- Laugardalr, or Vale of Warm Springs, [94].
- Laugarfjall mountain, [112].
- Laugman, or administrator of the laws, [42].
- Lava, [93], [126], [211].
- Lava from eruption of Mount Hekla, [134], [146].
- Laxá, or Salmon river, [68], [124].
- Lilloise, French vessel lost in the Arctic Sea, [316].
- Lindesness, Cape, [319].
- Literature of Iceland, [52], [270], [281].
- Louis Philippe’s liberality to the Icelanders, [316].
- Markarfliot river, [161].
- Marsh, Hon. Geo. P., opinion of the Icelandic language, [292].
- Meadows in Iceland, [115], [116], [125].
- Meal Sack island, [31], [314].
- Milton’s Paradise Lost, translated by Thorlakson, [53];
- extracts from, [283].
- Mud Geyser, [206].
- Myggeness island, [236].
- Mythology of the Scandinavians, [242].
- Index to, [331].
- Myvatn, [203].
- Needles, the, [314].
- Newspapers in Iceland, [296].
- Newspaper, quotation from, [291].
- Næfrholt, [129], [159].
- Norðurfari, [312].
- Norway, coast of, [23], [319].
- Norwegian collectors in Faroe, [240].
- Ornithology of Iceland, [218], [226].
- Petrifactions, [191].
- Pfeiffer, Madam, [95], [123], [161].
- Philmore, Mr., an English traveler, [210].
- Plum-pudding Stone, [199].
- Pope’s Essay on Man, in Icelandic, [53].
- Quotation from, [285].
- Portland, or Dyarholar, [315].
- Postal arrangements in Iceland, [56].
- Post-ship, time of sailing, [56].
- Products of Iceland, [55], [56], [295], [298].
- Ranthrys, Mr., [308].
- Reindeer in Iceland, [55], [170].
- Reykir Springs, [187].
- Reykjaness Cape, [31], [314].
- Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, [32], [306].
- River of fire, [149].
- Rolling stones down hill, [130].
- Roses in Iceland, [157].
- Sæmund Frode, [271].
- Sagas, historical writings of the Icelanders, [271].
- Scandinavian Commission, [316].
- Scythes used by the Icelanders, [115], [305].
- Sharks, [26].
- Ship from Iceland; the “Saga,” [302].
- Sivertsen, the Misses, and Mr., [308], [311].
- Sivertsen, Mr., jun., [316], [317].
- Skagen Horn, [320].
- Skager Rack, [319].
- Skalds or Minstrels, [42].
- Skalholt, [44], [172].
- Skaptar Jokull, [115], [147], [151].
- Great eruption of, [147].
- Skarth, [127], [159].
- Sleeping in a church, [127].
- Snæfell Jokull, [151], [313].
- Snorri Thorfinson, first European born in America, [37].
- Snow on Mount Hekla, [137], [146].
- Spallanzani, [135].
- Stapi and basaltic cliffs, [314].
- Steam jet in the Sulphur Mountains, [205].
- Steam power without fuel, [205], [208].
- Stifftamptman, [45].
- Stilhoff, Captain, [318].
- Strandar Kirkja, [197].
- Strokr or New Geyser, [104], [108].
- Submarine eruption, [147].
- Sulphur Mountains, [200]–208.
- Superstition among the Northmen, [195].
- Surtshellir cave, [109], [243], note.
- Sveinson, Jon, [309].
- Swein Ethrithson, [41].
- Swimming a river, [119].
- Sysselman, a merry one, [173].
- Thingvalla, [43], [73], [78].
- Thingvalla Lake, [72].
- Thiorsá river, [115], [126], [159], [172], [315].
- Thorarensen, Rev. S., [177].
- Thorarensen, Stefan, [178], [185].
- Thorlakson, Jon, the Iceland Poet, [53], [281].
- Thorlakson’s Translation of Milton and Pope, [282].
- Thorwaldsen, [37], [52].
- Tindfjalla Jokull, [142], [151], [160], [314].
- Tin Tron, an exhausted crater, [94].
- Torfa Jokull, [314].
- Trade of Iceland; probable results of opening it to the world, [299], [302].
- Trollekone-finger, or Witch’s-finger, in Faroe, [236].
- Trout-fishing in Iceland, [74], [76].
- Vestri Rangá river, [129].
- Vesuvius, [142], [151].
- Vinland, the name given to America by the Icelanders, [37].
- Vogelberg chasm, in Faroe, [237].
- Vogsósar, [196].
- Volcanic island rising from the sea, [147].
- Volcanic sand, [135], [199].
- Voluspá, the song of the Prophetess, [275].
- Westmann Islands, [141], [161], [165], [166].
- Whales, [25], [26].
INDEX
TO THE
Scandinavian Mythology.
- Ægir, the deity of the ocean;
- Æsir, the gods of the Scandinavians, [242], [246], [265].
- Afi, grandfather, and Ammi, grandmother, and their descendants, [268].
- Ai, great grandfather, and Edda, great grandmother, and their descendants, [268].
- Annar, husband of Night, and father of Jörd, [254].
- Arvak and Alsvid, the horses of Sol, [255].
- Asgard, the city of the Æsir, or home of the gods, [246].
- Ask and Embla, the first man and first woman, [268].
- Audhumla, the cow on whose milk Ymir subsisted, [243].
- Baldur the Good, son of Odin, [248], [266].
- his death, [263].
- Beli, a giant, slain by Frey, [250].
- Bergelmie, a frost-giant, [244].
- Besla, wife of Bör, [243].
- Bifröst the Rainbow, a bridge from earth to heaven, [246].
- Bilskirnir, the mansion of Thor, [248].
- Bör, father of Odin, Vili, and Ve, [243].
- Bragi, the god of Poetry, son of Odin, [249].
- Breidablik, the mansion of Baldur, [248].
- Bur, the father of Bör, [243].
- Castes, or classes in Scandinavian society, [269].
- Day, son of Night and Delling, [254].
- Dwarfs, [253].
- Eir, presides over the art of healing, [252].
- Embla, the first woman, [268].
- Elvidnir, the hall of Hela, [256].
- Fenrir, a wolf, offspring of Loki, [255], [265].
- Fensalir, the mansion of Friga, [252].
- Forseti, the god of Justice, [249].
- Freki and Geri, Odin’s wolves, [246].
- Frey, the son of Njörd and Skadi, [250].
- Frey in battle with Surtur, [265].
- Freyja, daughter of Njörd, and wife of Odur, [250], [252].
- Friga, wife of Odin, [247], [252].
- Fulla, a maid, attendant of Friga, [252].
- Garm, a dog that kills Tyr, [266].
- Gefjon, a maid, attendant of Friga, [252].
- Gerda, one of the most beautiful of women, [250].
- Geri and Freki, wolves of Odin, [246].
- Ginnungagap, the space between the upper and lower worlds, [243].
- Gjallar-horn, the trumpet of Heimdal, [251], [265].
- Gladsheim, Odin’s hall of Justice, [258].
- Gleipnir, a fetter, [255].
- Glitnir, the mansion of Forseti, [249].
- Gna, messenger of Friga, [253].
- Golden Age, [258].
- Gulltopp, the horse of Heimdall, [251].
- Hati and Sköll, two wolves, [255].
- Heimdall, the sentry of the gods, [251], [265], [266].
- Hel or Helheim, the abode of Death, [256–258].
- Hela, or Death, [255], [256].
- Hermod the Nimble, son of Odin, [246], [263].
- Hlidskjalf, Odin’s throne, [246].
- Hnossa, daughter of Odur and Freyja, [252].
- Hodmimir’s forest, where Lif is concealed, [266].
- Hödur, a blind deity, [251], [263], [266].
- Hófvarpnir, the horse of Gna, [253].
- Hrimfaxi, the horse of Night, [254].
- Hringhorn, the ship of Baldur, [263].
- Hugin and Munin, Odin’s ravens, [246].
- Hvergelmir, a fountain in Niflheim, [243], [245].
- Hymir, a giant, [259].
- Hyrrokin, a giantess of Jötunheim, [264].
- Ida, a plain where Asgard formerly stood, [266].
- Iduna, the goddess of Eternal Youth, [249].
- Jötunheim, or land of giants, [245].
- Jötuns, giants of Jötunheim, [245].
- Lif a woman, and Lifthrasir a man, who survive the destruction of the world, [266].
- Lofna, the friend of Lovers, [252].
- Loki, the god of all evil, [255], [259], [263], [265], [266].
- Magni and Modi, sons of Thor, [248], [252], [266].
- Manheim, the home of man, [247], [268].
- Máni, the Moon, [254].
- Midgard, or Mid-earth, [244], [247].
- Midgard serpent, [255], [256], [265].
- Mimir and Mimir’s Well, [245].
- Mjölnir, Thor’s Mallet, [247].
- Modi and Magni, sons of Thor, [248], [252], [266].
- Munin or Memory, one of Odin’s ravens, [246].
- Muspell or Muspelheim, the upper world, [242].
- Mythology of the Northmen, [242].
- Nanna, wife of Baldur, [249], [264].
- Nidhogg, a dragon, [245].
- Niflheim, the lower world, [242].
- Night, the daughter of Njörvi, [254].
- Njord, the ruler of the sea, [250].
- Njörvi, a giant, father of Night, [254].
- Norns, inferior deities, [253].
- ODIN, the supreme head, leader of the Æsir, and father of all the gods, [170], [244], [245], [246], [247], [266].
- Ragnarök, the end of all things, [256], [265].
- Ran, wife of Ægir, [249].
- Ratatösk, the squirrel on the Ash, [245].
- Rinda, the mother of Vali, [251].
- Roskva the Quick, attendant of Thor, [248], [259].
- Saga, the goddess of history, [252].
- Skadi, the wife of Njord, [250].
- Skidbladnir, a famous ship belonging to Frey, [266–7].
- Skinfaxi, the horse of Day, [254].
- Skirnir, messenger of Frey, [250].
- Sköll and Hati, wolves that pursue the sun and moon, [255].
- Sleipnir, the horse of Odin, [246].
- Sokkvabek, the house of Saga, [252].
- Sol, the source of light, [254].
- Surtur, chief of the chaotic demons, [242], [265].
- Surturbrand, or fire of Surtur, [109], [242], note.
- Thjálfi, the Nimble, attendant of Thor, [248], [259].
- Thor, son of Odin, the god of Thunder, [128], [247].
- Thor encounters the Midgard serpent, [262–265], [266].
- Thor’s adventures in Jötunheim, [258], [259], [260], [261].
- Thrudvang, the home of Thor, [248].
- Tyr, the god of Bravery, [255], [259].
- Ullur, the archer, son of Sif, [251].
- Utgard, a city in Jötunheim, [260].
- Utgard-Loki, King of Utgard, [260].
- Valaskjalf, the mansion of Odin, [246].
- Valhalla, the home or world of the slain, [253], [256], [257], [258].
- Vali, son of Odin and Rinda, [251], [252], [266].
- Valkyrjor, the goddesses of Valhalla, [253].
- Vidar the Silent, son of Odin, [251], [252], [266].
- Vigrid, the last battlefield of the gods, [265].
- Vili and Ve, sons of Bör, [244].
- Vora, the punisher of perjured lovers, [252].
- Yggdrasill, the Ash tree, [245].
- Ymir, progenitor of the Frost-giants, [243], [244].
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
- Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation have been retained, but obvious typographical errors have been corrected. However, spellings of Icelandic words have been silently regularised, if inconsistent within the text.
- The cover has been created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.