The Children of OdinPART IIReading editionChapter navigation39 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Book of Northern MythsPART I THE DWELLERS IN ASGARDFAR AWAY AND LONG AGOTHE BUILDING OF THE WALLIDUNA AND HER APPLES: HOW LOKI PUT THE GODS IN DANGERSIF'S GOLDEN HAIR: HOW LOKI WROUGHT MISCHIEF IN ASGARDHOW BROCK BROUGHT JUDGMENT ON LOKIHOW FREYA GAINED HER NECKLACE AND HOW HER LOVED ONE WAS LOST TO HERHOW FREY WON GERDA, THE GIANT MAIDEN, AND HOW HE LOST HIS MAGIC SWORDHEIMDALL AND LITTLE HNOSSA: HOW ALL THINGS CAME TO BETHE ALL-FATHER'S FOREBODINGS: HOW HE LEAVES ASGARDPART IIODIN GOES TO MIMIR'S WELL: HIS SACRIFICE FOR WISDOMODIN FACES AN EVIL MANODIN WINS FOR MEN THE MAGIC MEADODIN TELLS TO VIDAR, HIS SILENT SON, THE SECRET OF HIS DOINGSTHOR AND LOKI IN THE GIANTS' CITYHOW THOR AND LOKI BEFOOLED THRYM THE GIANTÆGIR'S FEAST: HOW THOR TRIUMPHEDTHE DWARF'S HOARD, AND THE CURSE THAT IT BROUGHTFOREBODING IN ASGARDLOKI THE BETRAYERLOKI AGAINST THE ÆSIRTHE VALKYRIETHE CHILDREN OF LOKIBALDUR'S DOOMLOKI'S PUNISHMENTSIGURD'S YOUTHTHE SWORD GRAM AND THE DRAGON FAFNIRTHE DRAGON'S BLOODTHE STORY OF SIGMUND AND SIGNYTHE STORY OF SIGMUND AND SINFIOTLITHE STORY OF THE VENGEANCE OF THE VOLSUNGS AND OF THE DEATH OF SINFIOTLIBRYNHILD IN THE HOUSE OF FLAMESIGURD AT THE HOUSE OF THE NIBELUNGSHOW BRYNHILD WAS WON FOR GUNNARTHE DEATH OF SIGURDTHE TWILIGHT OF THE GODSPrevious chapter ←Part 1 — THE ALL-FATHER'S FOREBODINGS: HOW HE LEAVES ASGARDNext chapter →Part 2 — ODIN GOES TO MIMIR'S WELL: HIS SACRIFICE FOR WISDOMAll chapters and sections (39)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Book of Northern MythsParts1Part 1 · Other sectionsFAR AWAY AND LONG AGOTHE BUILDING OF THE WALLIDUNA AND HER APPLES: HOW LOKI PUT THE GODS IN DANGERSIF'S GOLDEN HAIR: HOW LOKI WROUGHT MISCHIEF IN ASGARDHOW BROCK BROUGHT JUDGMENT ON LOKIHOW FREYA GAINED HER NECKLACE AND HOW HER LOVED ONE WAS LOST TO HERHOW FREY WON GERDA, THE GIANT MAIDEN, AND HOW HE LOST HIS MAGIC SWORDHEIMDALL AND LITTLE HNOSSA: HOW ALL THINGS CAME TO BETHE ALL-FATHER'S FOREBODINGS: HOW HE LEAVES ASGARDParts2Part 2 · Other sectionsODIN GOES TO MIMIR'S WELL: HIS SACRIFICE FOR WISDOMODIN FACES AN EVIL MANODIN WINS FOR MEN THE MAGIC MEADODIN TELLS TO VIDAR, HIS SILENT SON, THE SECRET OF HIS DOINGSTHOR AND LOKI IN THE GIANTS' CITYHOW THOR AND LOKI BEFOOLED THRYM THE GIANTÆGIR'S FEAST: HOW THOR TRIUMPHEDTHE DWARF'S HOARD, AND THE CURSE THAT IT BROUGHTFOREBODING IN ASGARDLOKI THE BETRAYERLOKI AGAINST THE ÆSIRTHE VALKYRIETHE CHILDREN OF LOKIBALDUR'S DOOMLOKI'S PUNISHMENTSIGURD'S YOUTHTHE SWORD GRAM AND THE DRAGON FAFNIRTHE DRAGON'S BLOODTHE STORY OF SIGMUND AND SIGNYTHE STORY OF SIGMUND AND SINFIOTLITHE STORY OF THE VENGEANCE OF THE VOLSUNGS AND OF THE DEATH OF SINFIOTLIBRYNHILD IN THE HOUSE OF FLAMESIGURD AT THE HOUSE OF THE NIBELUNGSHOW BRYNHILD WAS WON FOR GUNNARTHE DEATH OF SIGURDTHE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS← THE ALL-FATHER'S FOREBODINGS: HOW HE LEAVES ASGARDODIN GOES TO MIMIR'S WELL: HIS SACRIFICE FOR WISDOM →
