Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
SAGAS PAGE General Introduction 3 The Th·ttr of Nornagest 11 The Th·ttr of Sˆrli 38 The Saga of Hromund Greipsson 58 The Saga of Hervˆr and Heithrek 79 Appendix to Part I (The Combat at Sams¯ and Hjalmar's Death Song) 144
barrows was a favourite exploit of the Norsemen, no doubt for the sake of the gold which they often contained. References to the practice are very common in the sagas, e.g. _Gre...
5. PART III. The ballads of the Faroe Islands aroused the interest of Ole Worm as early as 1639; but the five ballads which he took down are no longer extant, and we know of them only fro...
3. PART IThe following stories are taken from the _Fornaldarsˆgur Northrlanda_, or 'Stories of Ancient Times relating to the countries of the North'--a collection of Sagas edited by Rafn...
6. Book V, e.g. in regard to the numbering of the Hunnish forces. _GizurXIV. _They rode forthwith ... against the Huns._ It has been suggested by Heinzel that this battle between the Goths and the Huns was the great battle fought on the Catalaunian...
8. PART IIThe following is a list of English translations of works referred to in the notes of the present volume. It is not in the nature of a bibliography; but for the convenience of En...
7. PART I2. PART IIGeneral Introduction 153 GrÌplur I 171 The Faroese Ballad of Nornagest 176 The Faroese Ballad of Hjalmar and Angantyr 182 The Danish Ballad of Angelfyr and Helmer 186 The Faroes...
1. PART ISAGAS PAGE General Introduction 3 The Th·ttr of Nornagest 11 The Th·ttr of Sˆrli 38 The Saga of Hromund Greipsson 58 The Saga of Hervˆr and Heithrek 79 Appendix to Part I (The C...