INDEX TO THE Scandinavian Mythology.

Ægir, the deity of the ocean; a Jötun, 249, 258.

Æsir, the gods of the Scandinavians, 242, 246, 265.

Afi, grandfather, and Ammi, grandmother, and their descendants, 268.

Ai, great grandfather, and Edda, great grandmother, and their descendants, 268.

Annar, husband of Night, and father of Jörd, 254.

Arvak and Alsvid, the horses of Sol, 255.

Asgard, the city of the Æsir, or home of the gods, 246.

Ask and Embla, the first man and first woman, 268.

Audhumla, the cow on whose milk Ymir subsisted, 243.

Baldur the Good, son of Odin, 248, 266. his death, 263.

Beli, a giant, slain by Frey, 250.

Bergelmie, a frost-giant, 244.

Besla, wife of Bör, 243.

Bifröst the Rainbow, a bridge from earth to heaven, 246.

Bilskirnir, the mansion of Thor, 248.

Bör, father of Odin, Vili, and Ve, 243.

Bragi, the god of Poetry, son of Odin, 249.

Breidablik, the mansion of Baldur, 248.

Bur, the father of Bör, 243.

Castes, or classes in Scandinavian society, 269.

332Day, son of Night and Delling, 254.

Dwarfs, 253.

Eir, presides over the art of healing, 252.

Embla, the first woman, 268.

Elvidnir, the hall of Hela, 256.

Fenrir, a wolf, offspring of Loki, 255, 265.

Fensalir, the mansion of Friga, 252.

Forseti, the god of Justice, 249.

Freki and Geri, Odin’s wolves, 246.

Frey, the son of Njörd and Skadi, 250.

Frey in battle with Surtur, 265.

Freyja, daughter of Njörd, and wife of Odur, 250, 252.

Friga, wife of Odin, 247, 252.

Fulla, a maid, attendant of Friga, 252.

Garm, a dog that kills Tyr, 266.

Gefjon, a maid, attendant of Friga, 252.

Gerda, one of the most beautiful of women, 250.

Geri and Freki, wolves of Odin, 246.

Ginnungagap, the space between the upper and lower worlds, 243.

Gjallar-horn, the trumpet of Heimdal, 251, 265.

Gladsheim, Odin’s hall of Justice, 258.

Gleipnir, a fetter, 255.

Glitnir, the mansion of Forseti, 249.

Gna, messenger of Friga, 253.

Golden Age, 258.

Gulltopp, the horse of Heimdall, 251.

Hati and Sköll, two wolves, 255.

Heimdall, the sentry of the gods, 251, 265, 266.

Hel or Helheim, the abode of Death, 256–258.

Hela, or Death, 255, 256.

Hermod the Nimble, son of Odin, 246, 263.

Hlidskjalf, Odin’s throne, 246.

Hnossa, daughter of Odur and Freyja, 252.

Hodmimir’s forest, where Lif is concealed, 266.

Hödur, a blind deity, 251, 263, 266.

333Hófvarpnir, the horse of Gna, 253.

Hrimfaxi, the horse of Night, 254.

Hringhorn, the ship of Baldur, 263.

Hugin and Munin, Odin’s ravens, 246.

Hvergelmir, a fountain in Niflheim, 243, 245.

Hymir, a giant, 259.

Hyrrokin, a giantess of Jötunheim, 264.

Ida, a plain where Asgard formerly stood, 266.

Iduna, the goddess of Eternal Youth, 249.

Jötunheim, or land of giants, 245.

Jötuns, giants of Jötunheim, 245.

Lif a woman, and Lifthrasir a man, who survive the destruction of the world, 266.

Lofna, the friend of Lovers, 252.

Loki, the god of all evil, 255, 259, 263, 265, 266.

Magni and Modi, sons of Thor, 248, 252, 266.

Manheim, the home of man, 247, 268.

Máni, the Moon, 254.

Midgard, or Mid-earth, 244, 247.

Midgard serpent, 255, 256, 265.

Mimir and Mimir’s Well, 245.

Mjölnir, Thor’s Mallet, 247.

Modi and Magni, sons of Thor, 248, 252, 266.

Munin or Memory, one of Odin’s ravens, 246.

Muspell or Muspelheim, the upper world, 242.

Mythology of the Northmen, 242.

Nanna, wife of Baldur, 249, 264.

Nidhogg, a dragon, 245.

Niflheim, the lower world, 242.

Night, the daughter of Njörvi, 254.

Njord, the ruler of the sea, 250.

Njörvi, a giant, father of Night, 254.

Norns, inferior deities, 253.

ODIN, the supreme head, leader of the Æsir, and father of all the gods, 170, 244, 245, 246, 247, 266.

334Ragnarök, the end of all things, 256, 265.

Ran, wife of Ægir, 249.

Ratatösk, the squirrel on the Ash, 245.

Rinda, the mother of Vali, 251.

Roskva the Quick, attendant of Thor, 248, 259.

Saga, the goddess of history, 252.

Skadi, the wife of Njord, 250.

Skidbladnir, a famous ship belonging to Frey, 266–7.

Skinfaxi, the horse of Day, 254.

Skirnir, messenger of Frey, 250.

Sköll and Hati, wolves that pursue the sun and moon, 255.

Sleipnir, the horse of Odin, 246.

Sokkvabek, the house of Saga, 252.

Sol, the source of light, 254.

Surtur, chief of the chaotic demons, 242, 265.

Surturbrand, or fire of Surtur, 109, 242, note.

Thjálfi, the Nimble, attendant of Thor, 248, 259.

Thor, son of Odin, the god of Thunder, 128, 247.

Thor encounters the Midgard serpent, 262–265, 266.

Thor’s adventures in Jötunheim, 258, 259, 260, 261.

Thrudvang, the home of Thor, 248.

Tyr, the god of Bravery, 255, 259.

Ullur, the archer, son of Sif, 251.

Utgard, a city in Jötunheim, 260.

Utgard-Loki, King of Utgard, 260.

Valaskjalf, the mansion of Odin, 246.

Valhalla, the home or world of the slain, 253, 256, 257, 258.

Vali, son of Odin and Rinda, 251, 252, 266.

Valkyrjor, the goddesses of Valhalla, 253.

Vidar the Silent, son of Odin, 251, 252, 266.

Vigrid, the last battlefield of the gods, 265.

Vili and Ve, sons of Bör, 244.

Vora, the punisher of perjured lovers, 252.

Yggdrasill, the Ash tree, 245.

Ymir, progenitor of the Frost-giants, 243, 244.