To his Majesty Christian VIII, King of Denmark, and c. and c. and c.
PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE PROPER NAMES OCCURRING IN OR CONNECTED
THE GODS OF THE NORTH. ARGUMENT OF THE POEM.
CANTO I. THOR SETS OUT ON AN ADVENTURE WITH LOK.
CANTO II. SPELLS UPON THE HEATH.
CANTO III. THOR IN HELHEIM.
CANTO IV. THOR ARRIVES AT UTGARD.
CANTO V. MAGIC SPELLS IN UTGARD.
CANTO VI. THE SPELLS UNRAVELLED.
CANTO VII. THE RETURN HOME.
CANTO VIII. THOR VISITS THE GIANT HYMIR.
CANTO IX. THOR'S FISHING ADVENTURE.
CANTO X. LOK BECOMES ENAMOURED OF SIF.
CANTO XI. CONVERSATION BETWEEN LOK AND SIF.
CANTO XII. LOK PROCURES THINGS OF VALUE FROM THE DWARFS.
CANTO XIII. THE RAPE OF IDUNA.
CANTO XIV. THE DELIVERANCE OF IDUNA.
CANTO XV. THE VANER. [55]
CANTO XVI. THE NUPTIALS OF SKADA.
CANTO XVII. THE AMOUR OF FREY.
CANTO XVIII. JOY IN VALHALLA.
CANTO XIX. THE EINHERIER.
CANTO XX. BRAGUR'S SONG IN HONOUR OF GEFION.
CANTO XXI. CONVERSATION BETWEEN SKIRNIR AND FREY.
CANTO XXII. FREY'S PLAINT AT THE FOUNTAIN.
CANTO XXIII. THE JOURNEY OF SKIRNIR.
CANTO XXIV. GERDA'S LOVE.
CANTO XXV. SKIRNIR FULFILS HIS ERRAND.
CANTO XXVI. THE WOLF FENRIS AND TYR.
CANTO XXVII. THE BANQUET OF AEGIR.
CANTO XXVIII. LOK'S TREACHERY.
CANTO XXIX. THE HAMMER OF THOR RECOVERED.
CANTO XXX. THE VALA'S PROPHECY.
NOTES AND ELUCIDATIONS. NOTES TO THE FIRST CANTO.
CONTENTS.
ERRATA.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: A printing error with the page numbering of the original book (present in multiple copies) has been retained: the poem goes from pages 1 to 352, but then the following section of notes begins with page 337.
THE GODS
OF THE NORTH.
Paris.—Printed by J. Smith, 14 ter, rue Fontaine-au-Roi.
Dedicated by permission to H. M. the
King of Denmark.
THE
GODS OF THE NORTH,
AN EPIC POEM, BY
ADAM ŒHLENSCHLÆGER,
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL DANISH INTO ENGLISH VERSE
BY
WILLIAM EDWARD FRYE,
FORMERLY MAJOR OF INFANTRY IN THE BRITISH SERVICE, AND MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY DEGLI ARCADI, IN ROME.
LONDON,
WILLIAM PICKERING,
PARIS,
STASSIN AND XAVIER.
1845.
