Norse Mythology - Legends of Gods and Heroes by Peter Andreas Munch In the rev of Magnus Olsen tr from Norwegian by Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt - prev published 1926.pdf

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Norse Mythology: Legends of Gods and Heroes
Norse Mythology
Legends of Gods and Heroes
by
Peter Andreas Munch
In the revision of Magnus Olsen
Translated from Norwegian by
Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt
New York
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
1926
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CONTENTS
PAGES
Translator’s Preface
xi
Introduction
xiii
I. MYTHS OF THE GODS
The Creation of the World — The Giants — The Æsir — Men
and Women — Dwarfs — Vanir — Elves ………………………
1
The Plains of Ida — Valhalla — Yggdrasil ……………………..
5
Odin ………………………………………………………………...
7
Thor ………………………………………………………………...
10
Balder ………………………………………………………………
12
Njord ………………………………………………………………..
13
Frey ………………………………………………………………...
15
Tyr ……………………………………………………………….....
16
Heimdal …………………………………………………………....
17
Bragi ………………………………………………………………..
18
Forseti ……………………………………………………………...
18
Hod — Vali — Vidar — Ull ……………………………………….
18
Hœnir — Lodur ……………………………………………………
19
Loki and His Children …………………………………………….
21
Hermod — Skirnir …………………………………………………
25
The Goddesses — Frigg — Jord — Freyja .…………………...
25
Saga — Eir — Gefjon — Var — Vor — Syn — Snotra ……….
28
Idun — Nanna — Sif ...…………………………………………...
29
The Norns ………………………………………………………….
30
Familiar Spirits — Attendant Spirits …………………………….
31
The Valkyries ……………………………………………………...
32
Thorgerd Hœlgabrud and Irpa …………………………………..
34
The Forces of Nature — Ægir …………………………………...
34
Night — Day ……………………………………………………….
37
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Hel ………………………………………………………………….
37
The Giants …………………………………………………………
39
The Dwarfs ………………………………………………………...
41
The Vettir …………………………………………………………..
42
The Heroes and Life in Valhalla …………………………………
48
Corruption ………………………………………………………….
49
The Treasures of the Gods ………………………………………
50
The Rape of Idun …………………………………………………
53
Thor’s Unlucky Journey to Jotunheim ………………………….
56
Thor’s Visit to Hymir ………………………………………………
65
Thor’s Visit to Geirrœd …………………………………………...
70
Thor’s Combat with Rungnir ……………………………………..
72
Thrym Steals Mjollnir ……………………………………………..
76
The Necklace of the Brisings …………………………………....
79
The Death of Balder ………………………………………………
80
Ægir’s Banquet — The Chastising of Loki …………………......
86
Other Norse Myths Concerning the Death of Balder (in Saxo)
94
The Death of Kvasir — Suttung …………………………………
97
Odin’s Debate with Vafthrudnir ………………………………….
100
Odin (Grimnir) and Geirrœd ……………………………………..
102
Harbard and Thor …………………………………………………
105
Ragnarok — The Twilight of the Gods …………………………
108
On the Mythology of the Eddas …………………………………
112
II. HEROIC LEGENDS
Introductory Remarks …………………………………………….
123
Wayland ……………………………………………………………
126
The Hjadnings …………………………………………………….
129
The Legend of Tyrfing ……………………………………………
130
The Legends of the Volsungs — Helgi Hjorvardsson ………...
147
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Volsung — Siggeir — Sigmund — Sinfjotli …………………….
151
Helgi Hundingsbane ……………………………………………...
159
Sinfjotli ……………………………………………………………..
165
The Death of Sigmund …………………………………………...
166
Sigurd Fafnirsbane ……………………………………………….
168
The Niflungs — The Slaying of Sigurd ………………………....
175
Atli …………………………………………………………………..
184
Jormunrek …………………………………………………………
187
Aslaug ……………………………………………………………...
190
German Legends Dealing with Siegfried and the Nibelungs ...
192
The Development of the Legendary Cycle of the Volsungs ….
197
Hadding ……………………………………………………………
204
Frodi the Peaceful and His Mill ………………………………….
211
Helgi and Rolf Kraki ………………………………………………
215
Starkad the Old ……………………………………………………
221
Orvar-Odd …………………………………………………………
235
Norna-Gest ………………………………………………………..
237
Asmund Kempibane ……………………………………………...
239
Romund Greipsson ……………………………………………….
242
Ragnar Lodbrok and His Sons …………………………………..
245
Hjorleif and Half …………………………………………………...
251
Fridthjof …………………………………………………………….
256
III. THE WORSHIP OF THE GODS
Of Temples, of Sacrifices, and of Divination …………………..
267
The Principal Temples in the North ……………………………..
276
Bibliography ……………………………………………………….
279
Notes ……………………………………………………………….
283
Index ……………………………………………………………….
363
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TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
The Norwegian original on which the present translation is based was
written by Peter Andreas Munch, the founder of the Norwegian school of
history. Munch’s scholarly interests embraced also many related subjects,
such as general history, archaeology, geography, ethnography, linguistics,
and jurisprudence. His varied labors have in large part stood the test of
time. His most important work, the “History of the Norwegian People” ( Det
norske folks historie , 8 vols. 1851–63) covering the period of Norway’s
ancient independence ending with the Kalmar Union of 1397, still remains a
source book and a point of departure for historians. The great significance
of Munch’s scholarship lies in its influence upon the modern renascence of
Norwegian culture. In the middle of the nineteenth century he was the most
conspicuous intellectual force in the country, as Wergeland had been
before him and as Bjørnson came to be after him. The national spirit in
Norway, which has steadily gained strength, owes a heavy debt to the
gifted leaders of an earlier generation, not least among whom was Munch.
As an historian, as an editor of Old Norse poetry and saga, as a recorder of
the venerable myths and legends of the race, he did yeoman service in
establishing a sense of historical continuity between the Norway of the past
and the Norway of the present. Since his day, Norwegians have labored in
the fields of history, folklore, and related subjects, deepening and
strengthening that fruitful sense of national consciousness which he did so
much to awaken.

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