TOLD BY THE NORTHMEN:

Stories from the Eddas and Sagas

E. M. WILMOT-BUXTON

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London

1908


Contents

[Hakon's Lay][ix]
CHAPTER
I. [How All Things Began][1]
II. [How All-Father Odin Became Wise][6]
III. [How the Queen of the Sky Gave Gifts to Men][14]
IV. [How a Giant Built a Fortress for the Asas][17]
V. [The Magic Mead][22]
VI. [How Loki Made a Wager with the Dwarfs][29]
VII. [The Apples of Youth][34]
VIII. [How the Fenris Wolf was Chained][41]
IX. [How the Pride of Thor was Brought Low][46]
X. [How Thor's Hammer was Lost and Found][56]
XI. [The Giant's Daughters][64]
XII. [The Story of Balder the Beautiful][69]
XIII. [How Hermod Made a Journey to the Underworld][78]
XIV. [How Loki was Punished at Last][83]
XV. [The Story of the Magic Sword][87]
XVI. [How Sigmund Fought His Last Battle][96]
XVII. [The Story of the Magic Gold][101]
XVIII. [How Sigurd Slew the Dragon][107]
XIX. [How Sigurd Won the Hand of Brunhild][114]
XX. [How the Curse of the Gold is Fulfilled][116]
XXI. [The Boyhood of Frithiof the Bold][123]
XXII. [Frithiof and Ingeborg][127]
XXIII. [Frithiof Braves the Storm][131]
XXIV. [Balder Forgives][134]
XXV. [How the End of All Things Came About][140]
[Pronouncing Index of Proper Names][145]