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1.
Old Norse Images of Women
by Jenny Jochens. 330 pgs.
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Preface
I: The Germanic-Nordic Continuum
Divine Images
2: Ancient Female Figures
3: The Classical Nordic Pantheon: Goddesses and Gender
Human Images
4: The Warrior Woman
5: The Prophetess/Sorceress
6: The Avenger
7: The Whetter: Brynhildr
8: The Nordic Whetter
Conclusion
Appendix One:: Sources
Appendix Two:: Historiography of Norse Women -- Paul-Henri Mallet and Laurits Engelstoft
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
2.
Myths of the Northern Lands
by H. A. Guerber. 319 pgs.
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Publication/Copyright Page
Dedication Page
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Chapter I: The Beginning of All Things
Chapter II: ODIN
Chapter III.: FRIGGA
Chapter IV..: THOR
Chapter V: TYR.
Chapter VI: BRAGI
Chapter VII: IDUN
Chapter VIII.: NIÖRD.
Chapter IX.: FREY
Chapter X: FREYA
Chapter XI: ULLER
Chapter XII: FORSETI
Chapter XIII.: HEIMDALL.
Chapter XIV.: HERMOD
Chapter XV.: VIDAR
Chapter XVI.: VALI
Chapter XVII.: THE NORNS
Chapter XVIII: THE VALKYRS
Chapter XIX: HEL
Chapter XX: ÆGIR.
Chapter XXI: BALDER
Chapter XXII: LOKI
Chapter XXIII: THE GIANTS
Chapter XXIV: THE DWARFS
Chapter XXV: THE ELVES
Chapter XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA
Chapter XXVII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Chapter XXVIII: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES--A COMPARISON
Index to Poetical Quotations
Glossary and Index
3.
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
by H. R. Ellis Davidson. 272 pgs.
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Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
I: Holy Places
II: Feasting and Sacrifice
III: The Rites of Battle
IV: Land -Spirits and Ancestors
V: Foreknowledge and Destiny
VI: The Other World
VII: The Ruling Powers
Conclusion
References
Bibliography
Index
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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855) Accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative Commentary (Chap. XXVII "Myths of the Norse Gods" and Chap. XXVIII "Myths of Norse and Old German Heroes")
by Charles Mills Gayley. 598 pgs.
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Full Page Illustrations and Maps
Introduction
Part I: Myths of Divinities and Heroes
Chapter I: Greek Myths of Creation
Chapter II: The Gods of Heaven
Chapter III: The Gods of Earth
Chapter IV: The Gods of the Underworld
Chapter V: The Gods of the Waters
Chapter VI: The Roman Divinities
Chapter VII: Myths of the Great Divinities of Heaven
Chapter VIII: Myths of the Great Divinities of Earth
Chapter IX: From the Earth to the Underworld
Chapter X: Myths of Neptune, Ruler of the Waters
Chapter XI: Myths of the Lesser Divinities of Heaven
Chapter XII: Myths of the Lesser Divinities of Earth, Etc.
Chapter XIII: Myths of Lesser Divinities of the Waters
Chapter XIV: Myths of the Older Heroes: the House of DanaÜs, and Its Connections
Chapter XV: The Family of Æolus
Chapter XVI: The Family OfÆtolus and Its Connections
Chapter XVII: The House of Minos
Chapter XVIII: The House of Cecrops and Erichthonius
Chapter XIX: The House of Labdacus
Chapter XX: Myths of the Younger Heroes: the Seven against Thebes
Chapter XXI: Houses Concerned in the Trojan War
Chapter XXII: The Trojan War
Chapter XXIII: The Fall of Troy
Chapter XXIV: The Wanderings of Ulysses
Chapter XXV: Adventures of Æneas
Chapter XXVI: The War between Trojans and Latins
Chapter XXVII: Myths of the Norse Gods
Chapter XXVIII: Myths of Norse and Old German Heroes
Chapter XXIX: The Ring of the Nibelung
Chapter XXX: The Origin and Elements of Myth
Part II: The History of Myth
Chapter XXXI: The Distribution of Myths
Chapter XXXII: The Preservation of Myths
Commentary
Index of Mythological Subjects and Their Sources
Index of Modern Authors and Artists
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The Mythology of All Races (Chap. I "The Far North")
by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, J. A. MacCulloch. 326 pgs.
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Chapter I: The Far North
Chapter II: The Forest Tribes
Chapter III: The Forest Tribes
Chapter IV: The Gulf Region
Chapter V: The Great Plains
Chapter VI: The Great Plains
Chapter VII: Mountain and Desert
Chapter VIII: Mountain and Desert
Chapter IX: The Pueblo Dwellers
Chapter X: The Pacific Coast, West
Chapter XI: The Pacific Coast, North
Notes
Bibliography
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What Has Baldr to Do with Lamech? The Lethal Shot of a Blind Man in Old Norse Myth and Jewish Exegetical Traditions, in Medium Aevum
by Heather O'Donoghue. 26 pgs.
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Myth as Therapy: The Usefulness of Brymskvida, in Medium Aevum
by John McKinnell. 20 pgs.
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8.
Germanic Mythology and the Fate of Europe, in Re-vision
by Ralph Metzner. 12 pgs.
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Beowulf and Judith: Thematizing Decapitation in Old English Poetry, in Texas Studies in Literature and Language
by Mary Flavia Godfrey. 43 pgs.
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