Stories from Northern Myths

A collection of European myths that stand the test of time, formatted for your NOOK.

CONTENTS
PAGE
I. How All Things Began 1
II. Odin’s Search for Wisdom 9
III. The Story of the Magic Mead 18
IV. Gods and Men 27
V. Sif’s Golden Hair and the Making of the Hammer 40
VI. The Binding of the Fenris Wolf 51
VII. How Thor Went Fishing 58
VIII. The Building of the Fortress 66
IX. How the Hammer Was Lost and Found 73
X. Iduna’s Apples 80
XI. How Thor’s Pride Was Brought Low. Part I 91
XII. How Thor’s Pride Was Brought Low. Part II 100
XIII. The Wooing of Gerd 109
XIV. How Thor Fought the Giant Hrungner 117
XV. The Story of Balder 126
XVI. Andvari’s Hoard 137
XVII. The Story of Siegmund 149
XVIII. The Vengeance of the Volsungs 159
XIX. The Magic Sword 169
[viii]XX. The Slaying of Fafnir 183
XXI. The Valkyrie 196
XXII. Siegfried at Gunther’s Court 204
XXIII. The Wooing of Brunhilde 215
XXIV. How Brunhilde Came to Burgundy 228
XXV. The Death of Siegfried 238
XXVI. The Last of the Hoard 251
XXVII. The Punishment of Loki 259
XXVIII. The Twilight of the Gods 266