The Children of Odin
By Padraic Colum
- Release Date: 2018-10-18
- Genre: Social Science
This collection brings us close to the magical legendary stories of Ancient Northern Europe, which remain one of the great myth cycles of Western civilization.
Contents:
The Dwellers in Asgard
Far Away and Long Ago
The Building of the Wall
Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in Danger
Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard
How Brock Brought Judgment on Loki
How Freya Gained Her Necklace and How Her Loved One Was Lost to Her
How Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His Magic Sword
Heimdall and Little Hnossa: How All Things Came to Be
The All-Father's Forebodings: How He Leaves Asgard
Odin the Wanderer
Odin Goes to Mimir's Well: His Sacrifice for Wisdom
Odin Faces an Evil Man
Odin Wins for Men the Magic Mead
Odin Tells to Vidar, His Silent Son, the Secret of His Doings
Thor and Loki in the Giants' City
How Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym the Giant
Ægir's Feast: How Thor Triumphed
The Dwarf's Hoard, and the Curse that It Brought
The Witch's Heart
Foreboding in Asgard
Loki the Betrayer
Loki Against the Æsir
The Valkyrie
The Children of Loki
Baldur's Doom
Loki's Punishment
The Sword of the Volsungs and the Twilight of the Gods
Sigurd's Youth
The Sword Gram and the Dragon Fafnir
The Dragon's Blood
The Story of Sigmund and Signy
The Story of Sigmund and Sinfiotli
The Story of the Vengeance of the Volsungs and of the Death of Sinfiotli
Brynhild in the House of Flame
Sigurd at the House of the Nibelungs
How Brynhild Was Won for Gunnar
The Death of Sigurd
The Twilight of the Gods