The Norse Myths

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments  /  xi
 
Introduction  /  xiv
     The Norse World  /  xiv
     Cosmology  /  xx
     The Pantheon  /  xxv
     Sources  /  xxxii
     The Literary Structure of the Myths  /  xxxvi
     Approach  /  xxxix
 
The Myths
1. The Creation  /  3
2. The War of the Aesir and Vanir  /  7
3. The Building of Asgard’s Wall  /  9
4. Lord of the Gallows  /  15
5. The Song of Rig  /  18
6. The Mead of Poetry  /  26
7. Loki’s Children and the Building of Fenrir  /  33
8. The Theft of Idun’s Apples  /  38
9. The Marriage of Njord and Skadi  /  44
10. The Treasures of the Gods  /  48
11. Skirnir’s Journey  /  54
12. The Lay of Grimnir  /  59
13. The Necklace of the Brisings  /  65
14. The Lay of Thrym  /  70
15. The Lay of Vafthrudnir  /  75
16. Thor’s Journey to Utgard  /  80
17. The Lay of Hymir  /  95
18. Hyndla’s Poem  /  100
19. Thor’s Duel with Hrungnir  /  104
20. Odin and Billing’s Daughter  /  112
21. Gylfi and Gedion  /  114
22. The Lay of Harbard  /  116
23. The Ballad of Svipdag  /  121
24. Thor and Geirrod  /  127
25. The Lay of Loddfafnir  /  133
26. Otter’s Ransom  /  136
27. The Lay of Alvis  /  143
28. Balder’s Dreams  /  147
29. The Death of Balder  /  150
30. Loki’s Flyting  /  162
31. The Binding of Loki  /  169
32. Ragnarok  /  173
 
Notes  /  179
 
Glossary  /  237
 
Bibliography  /  254
 
Index  /  263