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                      Teutonic Mythology
                      Gods and Goddesses
                       of the Northland

                             IN

                        THREE VOLUMES
                   By VIKTOR RYDBERG, Ph.D.,
 MEMBER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY; AUTHOR OF THE "THE LAST ATHENIAN"
                      AND OTHER WORKS.

          _AUTHORISED TRANSLATION FROM THE SWEDISH_

                             BY

                 RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D.,
   EX-UNITED STATES MINISTER TO DENMARK; AUTHOR OF "NORSE
             MYTHOLOGY," "VIKING TALES," ETC.

          HON. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D., Ph.D.,
                     EDITOR IN CHIEF.
                    J. W. BUEL, Ph.D.,
                     MANAGING EDITOR.

                          VOL. I.

                     PUBLISHED BY THE
                     NORROENA SOCIETY,
       LONDON COPENHAGEN STOCKHOLM BERLIN NEW YORK
                           1906

                      [Illustration]


                        _OF THE_
                    Viking Edition

_There are but six hundred and fifty sets made for the world,
                   of which this is_

                       _No._ 99

               [Illustration: NORROENA]

                      COPYRIGHT,
                     T. H. SMART,
                        1905.




[Illustration: IDUN, HEIMDAL, LOKE, AND BRAGE.
(_From an etching by Lorenz Froelich._)]

Idun was the beautiful goddess who in Asgard was keeper of the apples
which the gods ate to preserve eternal youth. She is most generally
regarded as the wife of Brage.

Heimdal, the son of nine mothers, was guardian against the giants of the
bridge of the gods, Bifroest. With a trumpet he summoned all the gods
together at Ragnarok when he and Loke slew each other. He was the god of
light.

Loke though beautiful in form was like Lucifer in character and was
hence called the god of destruction. By the giantess Angerboda he had
three offspring, viz: the Midgard serpent, the Fenris-wolf, and Hela,
the latter becoming goddess of Hel.

Brage was the son of Odin and being represented as the chief skald in
Valhalla he is called the god of poetry.




              TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY.

       *       *       *       *       *

             TABLE OF CONTENTS.
                VOLUME ONE.



                 PART I.
                                                             Page
  Introduction--The Ancient Aryans                              1
  (a) The Aryan Family of Languages                             3
      Hypothesis of Asiatic Origin of the Aryans                5
      Hypothesis of European Origin of the Aryans              15
      The Aryan Land of Europe                                 20
  (b) Ancient Teutondom                                        26

                 PART II.

  (a) Mediaeval Migration Sagas                                 32
      The Troy Saga and Prose Edda                             44
      Saxo's Relation to the Story of Troy                     47
      Older Periods of the Troy Saga                           50
      Story of the Origin of Trojan Descent of the Franks      60
      Odin as Leader of the Trojan Emigration                  67
      Materials of the Icelandic Troy Saga                     83
      Result of Foregoing Investigations                       96
  (b) Popular Traditions of the Middle Ages                    99
      Saxon and Swabian Migration Saga                        107
      The Frankish Migration Saga                             111
      Migration Saga of the Burgundians                       113
      Teutonic Emigration Saga                                119

                 PART III.

  Myths Concerning the Creation of Man                        126
  Scef, the Original Patriarch                                135
  Borgar-Skjold, the Second Patriarch                         143
  Halfdan, the Third Patriarch                                147
  Halfdan's Enmity with Orvandel and Svipdag                  151
  Halfdan's Identity with Mannus                              153
  Sacred Runes Learned from Heimdal                           159
  Sorcery, the Reverse of Sacred Runes                        165
  Heimdal and the Sun Goddess                                 167
  Loke Causes Enmity Between Gods and Creators                171
  Halfdan Identical with Helge                                180
  The End of the Age of Peace                                 185
  War with the Heroes from Svarin's Mound                     194
  Review of the Svipdag Myth                                  200
  The World-War and its Causes                                204
  Myth Concerning the Sword Guardian                          213
  Breach Between Asas Vans. Siege of Asgard                   235
  Significance of the World-War                               252
  The War in Midgard. Hadding's Adventures                    255
  Position of the Divine Clans to the Warriors                262
  Hadding's Def