Where authenticity, however, has harmonised with the dramatic idea, it has equally been the writer’s aim.
Cornish, N.H., March, 1905.
- CHARACTERS
- Of the Prologue
- ODIN
- BALDUR
- THOR
- LOKI
- FENRIS
- FENRIS’S PACK
- FREYJA
- Of the Play
- INGIMUND, Priest of Odin
- EGIL, a Hunter
- ARFI, a Dwarf, his brother
- YORUL, liegeman of Egil
- ROLF, liegeman of Egil
- ERIC, liegeman of Egil
- WULDOR, liegeman of Arfi
- A LITTLE BOY
- THORDIS, daughter of Ingimund and priestess of Odin’s temple
- FRIDA, one of her Virgins
- A LITTLE GIRL
- Folk, Priests, Virgins, Children
| SCENES | ||
| [THE] | [PROLOGUE]. | The crater of a volcano; dawn. |
| ACT | FIRST. | |
| [Scene I.] | The rune-stone of Odin, outside a tribal temple; morning. | |
| [Scene II.] | Egil’s lodge in the forest; toward twilight. | |
| ACT | SECOND. | |
| [Scene I.] | A prison chamber; day. | |
| [Scene II.] | The same; night. | |
| [ACT] | [THIRD.] | A forest glade; the pool of Freyja; early morning. |
| [ACT] | [FOURTH.] | The rune-stone again; sunset. |
Time and Place
The Age of Northern Mythology; Iceland. The incidents of
the play are conceived as taking place within the cycle
of a year.