The Children of Odin
- Subtitle
- The Book of Northern Myths
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1. Front matter2. The Book of Northern Myths3. PART I THE DWELLERS IN ASGARD4. FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO5. THE BUILDING OF THE WALL6. IDUNA AND HER APPLES: HOW LOKI PUT THE GODS IN DANGER7. SIF'S GOLDEN HAIR: HOW LOKI WROUGHT MISCHIEF IN ASGARD8. HOW BROCK BROUGHT JUDGMENT ON LOKI9. HOW FREYA GAINED HER NECKLACE AND HOW HER LOVED ONE WAS LOST TO HER10. HOW FREY WON GERDA, THE GIANT MAIDEN, AND HOW HE LOST HIS MAGIC SWORD11. HEIMDALL AND LITTLE HNOSSA: HOW ALL THINGS CAME TO BE12. THE ALL-FATHER'S FOREBODINGS: HOW HE LEAVES ASGARD13. PART II14. ODIN GOES TO MIMIR'S WELL: HIS SACRIFICE FOR WISDOM15. ODIN FACES AN EVIL MAN16. ODIN WINS FOR MEN THE MAGIC MEAD17. ODIN TELLS TO VIDAR, HIS SILENT SON, THE SECRET OF HIS DOINGS18. THOR AND LOKI IN THE GIANTS' CITY19. HOW THOR AND LOKI BEFOOLED THRYM THE GIANT20. ÆGIR'S FEAST: HOW THOR TRIUMPHED21. THE DWARF'S HOARD, AND THE CURSE THAT IT BROUGHT22. FOREBODING IN ASGARD23. LOKI THE BETRAYER24. LOKI AGAINST THE ÆSIR25. THE VALKYRIE26. THE CHILDREN OF LOKI27. BALDUR'S DOOM28. LOKI'S PUNISHMENT29. SIGURD'S YOUTH30. THE SWORD GRAM AND THE DRAGON FAFNIR31. THE DRAGON'S BLOOD32. THE STORY OF SIGMUND AND SIGNY33. THE STORY OF SIGMUND AND SINFIOTLI34. THE STORY OF THE VENGEANCE OF THE VOLSUNGS AND OF THE DEATH OF SINFIOTLI35. BRYNHILD IN THE HOUSE OF FLAME36. SIGURD AT THE HOUSE OF THE NIBELUNGS37. HOW BRYNHILD WAS WON FOR GUNNAR38. THE DEATH OF SIGURD39. THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS