Northland Heroes

About this eBook

Author

Holbrook, Florence, 1860-1932

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Beowulf -- Adaptations

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20853

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20853

Release Date

March 20, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Ingeborg the Fair — Northland Heroes — By
2. 2.FLORENCE HOLBROOK — Author of "The Hiawatha Primer" "A Book of Nature Myths" etc. — LONDON: GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD. 2 & 3 Portsmouth St. Kingsway WC AND AT CALCUTTA AND SYDNEY — PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — THE STORY OF FRITHIOF — THE STORY OF BEOWULF
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — Ingeborg the Fair . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — King Bele and his sons — Burial mounds — Viking ship — Frithiof asking for Ingeborg — Ingeborg at Balder's temple — Frithiof's song — Into the hall came a man unknown to any there — King Ring's sleigh — The boy on the shield — Ingeborg given to Frithiof — The departure of Beowulf — The landing of Beowulf in Hrothgar's realm — Beowulf presenting his gifts to Hygelac — The dragon — Pronouncing vocabulary of proper names — THE STORY OF FRITHIOF — In Hilding's Garden — King Bele and Thorsten — King Bele and his sons — Burial mounds — Framness — Viking ship — King Helge and Frithiof — Frithiof asking for Ingeborg — In the Country of King Ring — Ingeborg at Balder's Temple — Frithiof's Answer — In Balder's Grove — The Parting — Frithiof and Angantyr — The Return — Balder's Funeral Pile — On the Sea — Frithiof's Song — The Viking's Code — Frithiof's Return — King Ring and the Stranger — INTO THE HALL CAME A MAN UNKNOWN TO ANY THERE — The Ride on the Ice — King Ring's Sleigh — In the Forest — King Ring's Death — The New King — The Boy on the Shield — Frithiof at his Father's Grave — The Reconciliation — INGEBORG GIVEN TO FRITHIOF
5. 5.THE STORY OF BEOWULF — The Coming of Sheaf — The Young Beowulf — The Harper's Story — Beowulf and his Men — THE DEPARTURE OF BEOWULF — The Warder of the Shore — THE LANDING OF BEOWULF IN HROTHGAR'S REALM — Beowulf received by Hrothgar — The Contest with Grendel — The Feast of Joy — Grendel's Mother — The Way to the Pool — Beowulf in the Pool — Beowulf's Return — Hrothgar honours Beowulf — Beowulf and Hygelac — BEOWULF PRESENTING HIS GIFTS TO HYGELAC — The Dragon of the Mountain — Beowulf goes against the Dragon — THE DRAGON — Wiglaf aids his King — The Death of Beowulf

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