This is Donald Mackenzie's able retelling of the Northern mythological cycle. He weaves a coherent narrative from the Eddas, the Niebelunglied, the Volsung Saga, Beowulf, the primordial Hamlet myths, and Medieval German tales of chivalry.

Introduction

Story of Creation

The Nine Worlds

The Deeds of Odin

How Evil entered Asgard

The Winter War

Triumph of Love

The Lost Sword of Victory

Fall of Asgard

The Gods Reconciled

Loke's Evil Progeny

Thor's Great Fishing

The City of Enchantments

Thor in Peril

The Great Stone Giant

Balder the Beautiful

The Binding of Loke

The Dusk of the Gods

The Coming of Beowulf

Conflict with Demons

Beowulf and the Dragon

Hother and Balder

The Traditional Hamlet

Hamlet's Storm-mill

Land of the Not-dead and many Marvels

The Doom of the Volsungs

How Sigmund was Avenged

Helgi Hundingsbane

Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

Brynhild and Gudrun

The Last of the Volsungs

Gudrun's Vengeance

Siegfried and the Nibelungs

The Promise of Kriemhild

How Brunhild and Kriemhild were won

The Betrayal of Siegfried

The Nibelungen Tragedy

Dietrich of Bern

The Land of Giants

The Wonderful Rose Garden

Virginal, Queen of the Mountains

Dietrich in Exile

The King's Homecoming