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Title: Told by the Northmen:
Stories from the Eddas and Sagas
Author: E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton
Release Date: July 30, 2009 [EBook #29551]
Language: English
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TOLD BY THE NORTHMEN:
Stories from the Eddas and Sagas
E. M. WILMOT-BUXTON
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London
1908
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Contents
Hakon's Lay ix
CHAPTER
I. How All Things Began 1
II. How All-Father Odin Became Wise 6
III. How the Queen of the Sky Gave Gifts to Men 14
IV. How a Giant Built a Fortress for the Asas 17
V. The Magic Mead 22
VI. How Loki Made a Wager with the Dwarfs 29
VII. The Apples of Youth 34
VIII. How the Fenris Wolf was Chained 41
IX. How the Pride of Thor was Brought Low 46
X. How Thor's Hammer was Lost and Found 56
XI. The Giant's Daughters 64
XII. The Story of Balder the Beautiful 69
XIII. How Hermod Made a Journey to the Underworld 78
XIV. How Loki was Punished at Last 83
XV. The Story of the Magic Sword 87
XVI. How Sigmund Fought His Last Battle 96
XVII. The Story of the Magic Gold 101
XVIII. How Sigurd Slew the Dragon 107
XIX. How
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