is the tale which the Northmen tell of how Hermod journeyed to the Underworld to bring back Balder the Beautiful to Asgard.
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Red Loki was punished at last for his sins.
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how a great feud arose between the Volsungs and the Goths.
How Sigmund Fought His Last Battle
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd was nurtured in Denmark.
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd slew Fafnir and Regin with the Magic Sword.
How Sigurd Won the Hand of Brunhild
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd braved the flames, and what befell.
How the Curse of the Gold is Fulfilled
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigurd was foully slain in the land of the Niblungs.
The Boyhood of Frithiof the Bold
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Frithiof the Bold asked for the hand of Ingeborg the Fair.
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Ingeborg went to dwell in Balder's grove.
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Frithiof the Bold went on a perilous adventure.
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Frithiof the Bold was wedded to Ingeborg the Fair.
How the End of All Things Came About
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how the End of All Things Came About.
Pronouncing Index of Proper Names
Hakon's Lay
By James Russell Lowell
"O Skald, sing now an olden song,
Such as our fathers heard who led great lives;
And, as the bravest on a shield is borne
Along the waving host that shouts him king,
So rode their thrones upon the thronging seas!"
Then the old man arose: white-haired he stood,
White-bearded, and with eyes that looked afar
From their still region of perpetual snow,
Over the little smokes and stirs of men:
His head was bowed with gathered flakes of years,
