Balmung (bäl′mung). Völund forges, [179]; Odin drives into Branstock, [254]; Sigmund secures, [254]; Siggeir obtains, [256]; Sinfiotli makes use of, [261], [262]; Odin breaks, [266]; Hiordis treasures shards of, [267]; forged again, [274]; Fafnir slain by, [276]; laid between Sigurd and Brunhild, [285]; Guttorm slain by, [288]; placed on funeral pyre, [290]; emblem of sunbeam, [297]; compared to sword of Ægeus, [363]
Baltic Sea. Cruise of Mannigfual in, [362]
Barbarossa (bär-bȧ-ros′sȧ), Frederick. Leader of Wild Hunt, [25], [26]
Baucis (baw′sis). Story of, compared with Geirrod and Agnar, [348]
Baugi (bou′gē). Odin serves, [97]
Beav. Same as Vali, [164]
Behmer (bā′mer). Forest in Bohemia, [24]
Beldegg (bel′deg). King of West Saxony, [40]
Belé (bā-lā′). Heir of Sogn, [302]; banished by Jokul, [302]; replaced on throne, [303]; conquers Orkney Islands, [303]; helps Thorsten to secure Völund ring, [304]; sons of, [304]; last instructions of, [305]; kings seated on the tomb of, [307]