CONTENTS OF VOL. I

CHAPTER I.
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Civilisation and Antiquities of the North 1
 
 
CHAPTER II.
 
Roman and Greek Accounts of the Northmen 7
 
 
CHAPTER III.
 
The Settlement of Britain by Northmen 17
 
 
CHAPTER IV.
 
The Mythology and Cosmogony of the Norsemen 27
 
 
CHAPTER V.
 
Mythology and Cosmogony (continued) 44
 
 
CHAPTER VI.
 
Odin of the North 51
 
 
CHAPTER VII.
 
The Successors of Odin of the North 62
 
 
CHAPTER VIII.
 
The Stone Age 69
 
 
CHAPTER IX.
 
The Bronze Age 84
 
 
CHAPTER X.
 
The Iron Age 125
 
 
CHAPTER XI.
 
Runes 154
 
 
CHAPTER XII.
 
Northern Relics—Bog Finds 193
 
 
CHAPTER XIII.
 
Northern Relics—Ground Finds 235
 
 
CHAPTER XIV.
 
Description of some Remarkable Graves and their Contents 247
 
 
CHAPTER XV.
 
Greek and Roman Antiquities in the North 259
 
 
CHAPTER XVI.
 
Glass 276
 
 
CHAPTER XVII.
 
Horses—Waggons 285
 
 
CHAPTER XVIII.
 
Various Forms of Graves 299
 
 
CHAPTER XIX.
 
Burials 320
 
 
CHAPTER XX.
 
Religion.—Worship, Sacrifices, etc. 343
 
 
CHAPTER XXI.
 
Religion.—Altars, Temples, High-Seat Pillars, etc. 356
 
 
CHAPTER XXII.
 
Religion.—Human Sacrifices 364
 
 
CHAPTER XXIII.
 
Religion.—Idols and Worship of Men and Animals, etc. 375
 
 
CHAPTER XXIV.
 
Religion.—The Nornir and Valkyrias 385
 
 
CHAPTER XXV.
 
Religion.—The Volvas 394
 
 
CHAPTER XXVI.
 
Religion.—Ægir and Ran 403
 
 
CHAPTER XXVII.
 
Religion.—Sacrifices to the Alfar, Disir, Fylgja, Hamingja, and Landvœttir 409
 
 
CHAPTER XXVIII.
 
Valhöll-valhalla 420
 
 
CHAPTER XXIX.
 
Superstitions.—Shape-Changing 430
 
 
CHAPTER XXX.
 
Superstitions.—Witchcraft 439
 
 
CHAPTER XXXI.
 
Superstitions.—Omens 450
 
 
CHAPTER XXXII.
 
Superstitions.—Dreams 456
 
 
CHAPTER XXXIII.
 
The Struggle between Paganism and Christianity 464
 
 
CHAPTER XXXIV.
 
The Land 478
 
 
CHAPTER XXXV.
 
Divisions of People into Classes 486
 
 
CHAPTER XXXVI.
 
Slavery—Thraldom 502
 
 
CHAPTER XXXVII.
 
The Thing 515
 
 
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
 
The Godi and the Godiship 525
 
 
CHAPTER XXXIX.
 
The Laws of the Earlier English Tribes 532
 
 
CHAPTER XL.
 
Indemnity, Weregild 544
 
 
CHAPTER XLI.
 
The Oath and Ordeal 553
 
 
CHAPTER XLII.
 
Duelling 563
 
 
CHAPTER XLIII.
 
Outlawry 578
 
 
CHAPTER XLIV.
 
Revenge 584