Adventures with the Giants
On cold winter nights Norsemen would gather close to their fires and tell these "stories of the gods, giants and dwarfs, who, they thought, made everything happen in the world" (p. ix)--stories of Odin, Frigga, Thor, Balder, and others. Contents About the Stories in This Book....................ix I. The Beginning of a World...........................3 II. How Odin Lost His Eye..............................9 III. Frigga's Necklace.................................17 IV. Sif's Golden Hair.................................29 V. The Magic Gifts...................................36 VI. The Dwarf's Contest...............................45 VII. Thor's Voyage to the Land of the Giants...........57 VIII. The Contest with the Giants.......................67 IX. Idun and the Golden Apples........................80 X. The Flea and the Necklace.........................92 XI. Balder the Beautiful..............................99 XII. The Mark of the Mistletoe........................107 XIII. The One Who Would Not Weep.......................114 XIV. The Twilight of the Gods.........................123 Names in This Book and How to Pronounce Them.....132