CONTENTS


[ SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: ]


[ INTRODUCTION. ]

[ SAXO'S POSITION. ]

[ LIFE OF SAXO. ]

[ THE HISTORY. ]

[ HISTORY OF THE WORK. ]

[ THE MSS. ]

[ SAXO AS A WRITER. ]

[ FOLK LORE INDEX. ]

[ POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS. ]

[ CUSTOMARY LAW. ]

[ STATUTE LAWS. ]

[ WAR. ]

[ SOCIAL LIFE AND MANNERS. ]

[ SUPERNATURAL BEINGS. ]

[ FUNERAL RITES AND MAN'S FUTURE STATE. ]

[ MAGIC AND FOLK-SCIENCE. ]

[ FOLK-TALES. ]

[ SAXO'S MYTHOLOGY. ]

[ THE DANISH HISTORY
OF SAXO GRAMMATICUS. ]


[ PREFACE. ]


[ BOOK ONE. ]


[ BOOK TWO ]


[ BOOK THREE ]


[ BOOK FOUR. ]


[ BOOK FIVE. ]


[ BOOK EIGHT. ]


[ BOOK NINE. ]


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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

ORIGINAL TEXT—

Olrik, J and Raeder (Ed.): "Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum" (Copenhagen, 1931).

Dansk Nationallitteraert Arkiv: "Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum" (DNA, Copenhagen, 1996). Web-based Latin edition of Saxo, substantiallly based on the above edition; currently at the

OTHER TRANSLATIONS—

Fisher, Peter (Trans.) and Hilda Ellis Davidson (Ed.): "Saxo Grammaticus: History of the Danes" (Brewer, Cambridge, 1979).

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