The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology

Chapter 44: FOOTNOTES

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A collection of retellings of Scandinavian myths that outlines Norse cosmology and the lives of its gods and monsters. It presents the world-tree Yggdrasil and the realms of Niflheim and Jötunheim, introduces the Æsir and Vanir, and follows episodes such as Odin’s quests for knowledge, Thor’s journeys and contests with giants, Frey’s courtship, Freyja’s wanderings and the taking of the necklace Brisingamen, the theft and recovery of Iduna’s apples, Baldur’s foreboding dream and death, the binding of the wolf Fenrir and Loki’s punishment, and the prophetic destruction and renewal of the gods at Ragnarök, arranged as concise narrative chapters with explanatory detail.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Asa—the singular of Æsir.

[2] Asyniur—Goddesses.

[3] Ving-Thor—Winged-Thor.

[4] Ryme—the Frost Giant.

[5] Vala—a prophetess.

Transcriber's corrections

p. 44: Brave; the Silent Vidar; Hödur[Hodur], who, alas! was
p. 44: Hœnir[Hænir], and many more mighty lords and heroes;
p. 128: strength; but, before he could speak, Utgard[Utgarda]
p. 139: upright stone. But, lo! the stone was shattered[shatterd]
p. 158: and vulture-headed giants,—monsters[Monsters] terrible to
p. 204: sky; "it is Thiassi, the strongest giant in Jötunheim[Jotunheim],
p. 299: Yggdrasil, the mighty[might] ash, was shaken from its
p. 309: myths again moral ones easily develop[develope], and new
p. 321: Ragnarök[Ragnarok]—The twilight of the gods.