TABLE OF CONTENTS.
A list of authors consulted in the preparation of this work will be found on page 13.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY, AND WHAT IS NORSE MYTHOLOGY?
The myth the oldest form of truth—The Unknown God—Ingemund
the Old—Thorkel Maane—Harald Fairfax—Every
cause in nature a divinity—Thor the thunder-storm—Prominent
faculties impersonated—These gods worthy of
reverence—Church ceremonies—Different religions—Hints
to preachers—The mythology of our ancestors—In its
oldest form it is Teutonic—What Dasent says—Thomas
Carlyle, 23
CHAPTER II.
WHY CALL THIS MYTHOLOGY NORSE? OUGHT IT NOT RATHER TO
BE CALLED GOTHIC OR TEUTONIC?
Introduction of Christianity—The Catholic priests—The Eddas—Mythology
in its Germanic form—Thor not the same in
Norway and Denmark—Norse mythology—Max Müller, 41
CHAPTER III.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY COMPARED WITH GREEK.
Norse and Greek mythology differ—Balder and Adonis—Greek
gods free from decay—The Deluge—Not the same
but a similar tradition—The hand stone weeps tears—The
separate groups exquisite—Greek mythology an epic poem*
