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Norse Mythology: Legends of Gods and Heroes, by Peter A. Munch.

Peter Andreas Munch. Norse Mythology: Legends of Gods and Heroes. In the revision of Magnus Olsen. Translated from the Norwegian by Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1926. This is a modernised, recast version. [Norse vocabulary]

This Text — Translator's Preface — Introduction

1. Myths of the Gods

The Creation of the World. The Giants. The Æsir. Men and Women. Dwarfs. Vanir. Elves. The Plains of Ida. Valhalla. Yggdrasil

Norse Gods
Thor — Odin — Balder — Njord — Frey — Tyr — Heimdal — Bragi — Forseti — Hod — Vali — Vidar — Ull — Hænir — Lodur — Loki and his children — Hermod — Skirnir

Goddesses
The Goddesses — Frigg. Jord. Freyja — Saga. Eir. Gefjon. Var. Vor. Syn. Snotra — Idun. Nanna. Sif

The Norns
Familiar Spirits. Attendant Spirits — The Valkyries — Thorgerd Hælgabrud and Irpa — The Forces of Nature. Ægir — Night. Day — Hel — The Giants — The Dwarfs — The Vettir

The Heroes and Life in Valhalla
Corruption — The Treasures of the Gods — The Rape of Idun —

Thor's Unlucky Journey to Jotunheim — Thor's Visit to Hymir — Thor's Visit to Geirræd — Thor's Combat with Rungnir — Thrym Steals Mjollnir — The Necklace of the Brisings — The Death of Balder — Ægir's Banquet — The Chastising of Loki —

Other Norse Myths Concerning the Death of Balder (in Saxo) — The Death of Kvasir — Suttung — Odin's Debate with Vafthrudnir — Odin (Grimnir) and Geirræd — Harbard and Thor —

Ragnarok — The Twilight of the Gods — On the Mythology of the Eddas

2. Heroic Legends

Introductory Remarks — Wayland — The Hjadnings — The Legend of Tyrfing — The Legends of the Volsungs. Helgi Hjorvardsson — Volsung. Siggeir. Sigmund. Sinfjotli — Helgi Hundingsbane — Sinfjotli — The Death of Sigmund — Sigurd Fafnirsbane — The Niflungs, The Slaying of Sigurd — Atli — Jormunrek — Aslaug — German Legends Dealing with Siegfried and the Nibelungs — The Development of the Legendary Cycle of the Volsungs — Hadding — Frodi the Peaceful and His Mill — Helgi and Rolf Kraki — Starkad the Old — Orvar-Odd — Norna-Gest — Asmund Kempibane — Romund Greipsson — Ragnar Lodbrok and His Sons — Hjorleif and Half — Fridthjof

3. The Worship of the Gods

Of Temples, of Sacrifices, and of Divination — The Principal Temples in the North
Bibliography
Notes and Index

Thor of Norse mythology.

The Norse thundergod at work

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