Ragnarr loðbrók 19, 142, 160–66, 165, 202
Ragnarr’s Saga 161
Ramsund stone 26, 140
Rán, wife of Ægir 68, 69
Ratatöskr, squirrel 65, 65
Reginn 136–40, 138
Rígr 38, 41
Rígr’s List 17, 38
Rindr, princess 36, 185
Röskva 37, 108, 111
runes 15, 26, 32, 34, 36, 41, 76, 91, 185, 197–98
Saga of the Völsungs 133, 152
Saga of the Ynglings 13, 82
Saxo Grammaticus 17–19, 159, 185
Sayings of the High One 34–35, 79, 101
Second Poem of Helgi 135
Seeress’s Prophecy, The 16, 57, 60, 61, 69, 70, 71, 78, 81, 82, 97, 98, 179, 186, 191, 196, 197–98, 199, 200
seiðr 35, 82, 84, 112, 187
ship-burials 22–23, 183
Short Poem about Sigurðr 145
Siegfried 20, 137, 143
Sif, goddess 38, 50, 51, 71, 118, 119, 187
Siggeirr, King of Gautland 129–31
Sigmundr, Volsungr’s son 122, 127, 129–33, 130, 132, 136, 137, 142, 144
Signý 127, 129–31, 144
Sigrdrífa 80, 142–43
Sigrún 134–36
Sigurðr the dragon-slayer 20, 25, 80, 136–47, 138, 139, 141, 143, 150–52, 161, 162, 192
Sigurðr Snake-in-the-Eye 162
Sigyn, goddess 42, 120, 190, 190
Sinfjötli 130–32, 132
Skaði, giantess 43, 44, 52–53, 53, 71, 84–85, 86, 90, 91–92, 109, 187, 190
Skíðblaðnir 45, 71, 71
Skírnir 91–94, 94, 188
Skrýmir, giant 113–14, 114, 116, 188
Sleipnir, Óðinn’s horse 31, 41, 42, 96, 97, 119, 136, 180, 181, 195
Snorri Sturluson 11–17, 19, 28, 42, 47, 52, 53, 57, 64, 71, 79, 82, 86, 92, 94, 95, 97, 105, 112, 115–16, 121, 180, 182, 184, 187, 189, 191, 194, 195, 197
Sörli 139, 151–52
Starkaðr 19, 155–60, 159
Surtr, giant 58, 193–94, 196
Suttungr 98–102
Svanhildr 150–52
Sweden, Swedes 14, 21, 51, 164
Tolkien, J. R. R. 64, 70, 141, 156, 173, 201
Tricking of Gylfi, The 12, 79, 85, 92, 97, 185
trolls 89, 126, 166–68, 168, 192
Týr, god 24, 27, 48, 48, 102–4, 121, 194
Tyrfingr, sword 171–74
Ullr, god 50, 50, 67
Uppsala 21, 22, 158, 162, 169, 171
Útgarða-Loki 112–16
Vafþrúðnir, giant 179–80, 198–99
Vafþrúðnir’s Sayings 179
Valhöll 31–35, 64–65, 67, 79, 118, 132, 136, 176
valkyries 32–33, 33, 68, 127, 128, 133, 133
Vanir, gods 31, 43–7, 72, 79, 81–86, 93
Váli, Loki’s son 42, 120, 191
Váli, Óðinn’s son 31, 49, 133, 185–86, 191, 199
Víðarr, god 31, 49, 49, 195–96, 196, 199
Víkarr 155–58, 160
Víkarr’s Fragment 156
Vikings, Viking Age 17, 19–20, 24–5, 60, 67, 70, 108, 140–41, 172, 176, 183, 195
Völsungr 122, 127, 129
Völsungs 127–47, 152, 155, 175
Völundr 25, 74–78
Völundr’s Poem 75, 76
Wagner, Richard 95, 97, 137, 147, 152, 197, 201
Waking of Angantýr 172
Wayland the Smith, Weland see Völundr
Yggdrasill 10, 15, 32, 34, 39, 62, 63–67, 81, 83, 128, 192, 199
Ymir 58–60, 71, 89
Þiðreks Saga 76
Þjálfi 37, 90, 108, 111, 113, 115, 118
Þjazi, giant 52, 71, 106–9, 106, 116–17, 119
Þóra 160–2, 166
Þórr, god 6, 15, 21, 25, 27, 31, 37–38, 37, 50, 51, 71, 72, 79, 89–90, 91, 96–97, 102–5, 103, 109–18, 110, 114, 115, 119, 125, 157–60, 182, 184, 187–89, 190, 194, 199, 201
Þriði 12, 14
Þrúðr 38
Þrymr 52, 109–12
Þrymr’s Poem 109, 111
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