TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY.
Rasmus Björn Anderson translation
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
VOLUME ONE.
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PART I.
Introduction—The Ancient Aryans1
(a)The Aryan Family of Languages3
Hypothesis of Asiatic Origin of the Aryans5
Hypothesis of European Origin of the Aryans15
The Aryan Land of Europe20
(b)Ancient Teutondom26
PART II.
(a)Mediæval Migration Sagas32
The Troy Saga and Prose Edda44
Saxo's Relation to the Story of Troy47
Older Periods of the Troy Saga50
Story of the Origin of Trojan Descent of the Franks60
Odin as Leader of the Trojan Emigration67
Materials of the Icelandic Troy Saga83
Result of Foregoing Investigations96
(b)Popular Traditions of the Middle Ages99
Saxon and Swabian Migration Saga107
The Frankish Migration Saga111
Migration Saga of the Burgundians113
Teutonic Emigration Saga119
PART III.
Myths Concerning the Creation of Man126
Scef, the Original Patriarch135
Borgar-Skjold, the Second Patriarch143
Halfdan, the Third Patriarch147
Halfdan's Enmity with Orvandel and Svipdag151
Halfdan's Identity with Mannus153
Sacred Runes Learned from Heimdal159
Sorcery, the Reverse of Sacred Runes165
Heimdal and the Sun Goddess167
Loke Causes Enmity Between Gods and Creators171
Halfdan Identical with Helge180
The End of the Age of Peace185
War with the Heroes from Svarin's Mound194
Review of the Svipdag Myth200
The World-War and its Causes204
Myth Concerning the Sword Guardian213
Breach Between Asas Vans. Siege of Asgard235
Significance of the World-War252
The War in Midgard. Hadding's Adventures255
Position of the Divine Clans to the Warriors262
Hadding's Defeat268
Loke's Punishment273
Original Model of the Bravalla Battle281
The Dieterich Saga285
PART IV.
Myth in Regard to the Lower World306
Gudmund, King of the Glittering Plains309
Ruler of the Lower World312
Fjallerus and Hadingus in the Low World317
A Frisian Saga, Adam of Bremen319
Odainsaker and the Glittering Plains321
Identification of Odainsaker336
Gudmund's Identity with Mimer339
Mimer's Grove341