Summary: A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.
1. Mythology, Norse—Juvenile literature.
[1. Mythology, Norse] I. Pogany, Willy, 1882-1955, ill.
II. Title.
BL860.C63 1984b 293'.13 83-20368
ISBN 0-02-042100-1 (pbk.: alk. paper)
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| PART I The Dwellers in Asgard | ||
| 1. | Far Away and Long Ago | [3] |
| 2. | The Building of the Wall | [6] |
| 3. | Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put theGods in Danger | [13] |
| 4. | Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischiefin Asgard | [27] |
| 5. | How Brock Brought Judgment on Loki | [34] |
| 6. | How Freya Gained Her Necklace and HowHer Loved One Was Lost to Her | [44] |
| 7. | How Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden,and How He Lost His Magic Sword | [51] |
| 8. | Heimdall and Little Hnossa: How All ThingsCame to Be | [62] |
| 9. | The All-Father's Forebodings: How HeLeaves Asgard | [69] |
| PART II Odin the Wanderer | ||
| 1. | Odin Goes to Mimir's Well: His Sacrifice for Wisdom | [77] |
| 2. | Odin Faces an Evil Man | [82] |
| 3. | Odin Wins for Men the Magic Mead | [90] |
| 4. | Odin Tells to Vidar, His Silent Son, the Secretof His Doings | [99] |
| 5. | Thor and Loki in the Giants' City | [102] |
| 6. | How Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym theGiant | [116] |
| 7. | Ægir's Feast: How Thor Triumphed | [124] |
| 8. | The Dwarf's Hoard, and the Curse that ItBrought | [136] |
| PART III The Witch's Heart | ||
| 1. | Foreboding in Asgard | [151] |
| 2. | Loki the Betrayer | [155] |
| 3. | Loki Against the Æsir | [164] |
| 4. | The Valkyrie | [169] |
| 5. | The Children of Loki | [ 174] |
| 6. | Baldur's Doom | [180] |
| 7. | Loki's Punishment | [193] |
| PART IV The Sword of the Volsungs and the Twilightof the Gods | ||
| 1. | Sigurd's Youth | [199] |
| 2. | The Sword Gram and the Dragon Fafnir | [208] |
| 3. | The Dragon's Blood | [215] |
| 4. | The Story of Sigmund and Signy | [223] |
| 5. | The Story of Sigmund and Sinfiotli | [233] |
| 6. | The Story of the Vengeance of the Volsungsand of the Death of Sinfiotli | [239] |
| 7. | Brynhild in the House of Flame | [245] |
| 8. | Sigurd at the House of the Nibelungs | [250] |
| 9. | How Brynhild Was Won for Gunnar | [255] |
| 10. | The Death of Sigurd | [260] |
| 11. | The Twilight of the Gods | [265] |