The Heroes of Asgard

About this eBook

Author

Keary, Eliza

Title

The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Mythology, Norse -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41283

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41283

Release Date

November 3, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HEROES OF ASGARD
2. 2.Transcriber's note
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.List of Illustrations.
6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. THE ÆSIR. — PART I. A GIANT—A COW—AND A HERO. — PART II. AIR THRONE, THE DWARFS, AND THE LIGHT ELVES. — PART III. NIFLHEIM. — PART IV. THE CHILDREN OF LOKI. — PART V. BIFRÖST, URDA, AND THE NORNS. — PART VI. ODHÆRIR.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. HOW THOR WENT TO JÖTUNHEIM. — PART I. FROM ASGARD TO UTGARD. — PART II. THE SERPENT AND THE KETTLE.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. FREY. — PART I. ON TIPTOE IN AIR THRONE. — PART II. THE GIFT. — PART III. FAIREST GERD. — PART IV. THE WOOD BARRI.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. THE WANDERINGS OF FREYJA. — PART I. THE NECKLACE BRISINGAMEN. — PART II. LOKI—THE IRON WOOD—A BOUNDLESS WASTE. — PART III. THE KING OF THE SEA AND HIS DAUGHTERS.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. IDŪNA'S APPLES. — PART I. REFLECTIONS IN THE WATER — PART II. THE WINGED-GIANT. — PART III. HELA. — PART IV. THROUGH FLOOD AND FIRE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. BALDUR. — PART I. THE DREAM. — PART II. THE PEACESTEAD. — PART III. BALDUR DEAD. — PART IV. HELHEIM. — PART V. WEEPING.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. THE BINDING OF FENRIR. — PART I. THE MIGHT OF ASGARD. — PART II. THE SECRET OF SVARTHEIM. — PART III. HONOUR.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. RAGNARÖK, OR THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS.
16. 16.INDEX OF NAMES, WITH MEANINGS.
17. 17.THE STANDARD SCHOOL LIBRARY.
18. 18.FOOTNOTES
19. 19.Transcriber's corrections

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