CHAP.

Page

INTRODUCTION

xvii

I.

STORY OF CREATION

1

II.

THE NINE WORLDS

11

III.

THE DEEDS OF ODIN

21

IV.

HOW EVIL ENTERED ASGARD

29

V.

THE WINTER WAR

44

VI.

TRIUMPH OF LOVE

53

VII.

THE LOST SWORD OF VICTORY

64

VIII.

FALL OF ASGARD

72

IX.

THE GODS RECONCILED

82

X.

LOKE'S EVIL PROGENY

90

XI.

THOR'S GREAT FISHING

98

XII.

THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENTS

112

XIII.

THOR IN PERIL

126

XIV.

THE GREAT STONE GIANT

137

XV.

BALDER THE BEAUTIFUL

146

XVI.

THE BINDING OF LORE

165

XVII.

THE DUSK OF THE GODS

177

XVIII.

THE COMING OF BEOWULF

187

XIX.

CONFLICT WITH DEMONS

197

XX.

BEOWULF AND THE DRAGON

210

XXI.

HOTHER AND BALDER

221

XXII.

THE TRADITIONAL HAMLET

232

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XXIII.

HAMLET'S STORM-MILL

246

XXIV.

LAND OF THE NOT-DEAD AND MANY MARVELS

254

XXV.

THE DOOM OF THE VOLSUNGS

282

XXVI.

HOW SIGMUND WAS AVENGED

292

XXVII.

HELGI HUNDINGSBANE

299

XXVIII.

SIGURD THE DRAGON SLAYER

309

XXIX.

BRYNHILD AND GUDRUN

322

XXX.

THE LAST OF THE VOLSUNGS

338

XXXI.

GUDRUN'S VENGEANCE

343

XXXII.

SIEGFRIED AND THE NIBELUNGS

354

XXXIII.

THE PROMISE OF KRIEMHILD

362

XXXIV.

HOW BRUNHILD AND KRIEMHILD WERE WON

372

XXXV.

THE BETRAYAL OF SIEGFRIED

382

XXXVI.

THE NIBELUNGEN TRAGEDY

391

XXXVII.

DIETRICH OF BERN

404

XXXVIII.

THE LAND OF GIANTS

415

XXXIX.

THE WONDERFUL ROSE GARDEN

424

XL.

VIRGINAL, QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS

434

XLI.

DIETRICH IN EXILE

439

XLII.

THE KING'S HOMECOMING

448

INDEX

455