Norse Mythology

or, The Religion of Our Forefathers

Rasmus B. Anderson

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9785486401633
• Subtopic: Religion
• Index: Social Sciences

The Norse gods presented as the religion of the ancestors rather than as fable - Odin, the world tree, Ragnarok - by the Wisconsin professor who founded Scandinavian studies in America and later served as minister to Denmark. This edition adds 58 plates of paintings by August Malmström, Peter Nicolai Arbo, Nikolaus Lauer and Lorenz Frølich, dating from 1750 to 1905, alongside one restored and coloured in-text illustration.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Norse Mythology
• Preface.
• List of Works Consulted.
• Introduction. Chapter I.
• Chapter II. Why Call This Mythology Norse? Ought It Not Rather to Be Called Gothic or Teutonic?
• Chapter III. Norse Mythology Compared with the Greek.
• Act IV. The time immediately succeeding the death of Balder.
• Chapter IV. Roman Mythology.
• Chapter V. Interpretation of Norse Mythology.
• Chapter VI. The Norse Mythology Furnishes Abundant and Excellent Material for the Use of Poets, Sculptors and Painters.
• Chapter VII. The Sources of Norse Mythology and Influence of the Asa-Faith.
• I. The Elder Edda.
• II. The Younger Edda,
• Norse Mythology.
• Chapter I. The Creation. Section I.
• Section II. The Origin of the Giants (Rhimthursar).
• Section III. The Origin of the Cow Audhumbla and the Birth of the Gods.
• Section IV. The Norse Deluge and the Origin of Heaven and Earth.
• Section V. The Heavenly Bodies, Time, the Wind, the Rainbow.
• Section VI. The Golden Age. The Origin of the Dwarfs. The Creation of the First Man and Woman.
• Section VII. The Gods and Their Abodes.
• Section VIII. The Divisions of the World.
• Chapter II. The Preservation. The Ash Ygdrasil. Mimer’s Fountain. Urd’s Fountain. The Norns or Fates.
• Chapter III. Exegetical Remarks Upon the Creation and Preservation of the World.
• Chapter I. Odin. Section I.
• Section II. Odin’s Names.
• Section III. Odin’s Outward Appearance.
• Section IV. Odin’s Attributes.
• Section V. Odin’s Journeys.
• Section VI. Odin and Mimer.
• Section VII. Hlidskjalf.
• Section VIII. The Historical Odin.
• Section IX. Odin’s Wives.
• Section X. Frigg’s Maid-Servants.
• Section XI. Gefjun, Eir.
• Section XII. Rind.
• Section XIII. Gunlad. The Origin of Poetry.
• Section XIV. Saga.
• Section XV. Odin as the Inventor of Runes.
• Section XVI. Valhal.
• Section XVII. The Valkyries (Valkyrjur).
• Chapter II. Hermod, Tyr, Heimdal, Brage, and Idun. Section I.
• Section II. Tyr.
• Section III. Heimdal. (Heimdallr).
• Section IV. Brage and Idun.
• Section V. Idun and Her Apples.
• Chapter III. Balder and Nanna, Hoder, Vale and Forsete. Section I.
• Section II. The Death of Balder the Good.
• Section III. Forsete.
• Chapter IV. Thor, His Wife Sif and Son Uller. Section I.
• Section II. Thor and Hrungner.
• Section III. Thor and Geirrod.
• Section IV. Thor and Skrymer.
• Section V. Thor and the Midgard-Serpent.
• Section VI. Thor and Thrym.
• Chapter V. Vidar.
• Chapter VI. The Vans. Section I.
• Section II. Aeger and Ran.
• Section III. Frey.
• Section IV. Frey and Gerd.
• Section V. Worship of Frey.
• Section VI. Freyja.
• Section VII. A Brief Review.
• Chapter VII. The Development of Evil. Loke and His Offspring. Section I.
• Section II. Loke’s Children. The Fenris-Wolf.
• Section III. Jormundgander, or the Midgard-Serpent.
• Section IV. Hel.
• Section V. The Norsemen’s Idea of Death.
• Section VI. Loke’s Punishment.
• Section VII. The Iron Post.
• Section VIII. A Brief Review.
• Chapter I. Ragnarok.
• Chapter II. Regeneration.
• Vocabulary of the Principal Proper Names Occurring in the Norse Mythology,
• I
• L
• V
• Index.
• About the Author