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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org . If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title : The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Author : Sæmundur fróði Snorri Sturluson Translator : Joseph Andrew Blackwell Benjamin Thorpe Release date : January 18, 2005 [eBook #14726] Most recently updated: October 28, 2024 Language : English Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14726 Credits : Produced by Paul Murray, Stephen Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This ebook was produced using images from the University of Georgia Libraries. *** START OF Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English BY BENJAMIN THORPE, AND THE YOUNGER EDDAS OF SNORRE STURLESON. Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English BY I.A. BLACKWELL. HON. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D., EDITOR IN CHIEF. J. W. BUEL, Ph.D., MANAGING EDITOR. PUBLISHED BY THE NORROENA SOCIETY, LONDON STOCKHOLM COPENHAGEN BERLIN NEW YORK 1906 KING GUNTHER ( After a painting by B. Guth .) Gunnar, Gunther, or Gunter, King of Burgundy, was probably a real personage of the troubled times with which his name is associated—a period distinguished as much for heroic characters as for tragic events. Gunther represents the best type of kinghood of his age; a man swayed by his affections rather than by ambition, who scrupled at misdeeds, yet yielded to the mastering passions of love; one whose instincts were loyalty to friends and country, and who shrank from cruelties to gain his ends, but who fell a victim to woman's fascinations. History accordingly praises him more for a lover than for a sovereign. LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURES. (ELDER AND YOUNGER EDDAS.) Frontispiece—Gunnar (Gunther) Siegfried Awakens Brynhild Death of Atli A Feast in Valhalla CONTENTS. THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND. Preface. Introduction To The Voluspa. Völuspâ. The Vala's Prophecy. The Lay Of Vafthrudnir. The Lay Of Grimnir. The Lay Of Vegtam, Or Baldr's Dreams. The High One's Lay. Odin's Rune-song. The Lay Of Hymir. The Lay Of Thrym, Or The Hammer Recovered. The Lay Of The Dwarf Alvis. The Lay Of Harbard. The Journey Or Lay Of Skirnir. The Lay Of Rig. Oegir's Compotation, Or Loki's Altercation. The Lay Of Fiolsvith. The Lay Of Hyndla. The Incantation Of Groa. The Song Of The Sun. The Lay Of Volund. The Lay Of Helgi Hiorvard's Son. The First Lay Of Helgi Hundingcide. The Second Lay Of Helgi Hundingcide. Sinfiotli's End. The First Lay Of Sigurd Fafnicide, Or Gripir's Prophecy. The Second Lay Of Sigurd Fafnicide. The Lay Of Fafnir. The Lay Of Sigrdrifa. Fragments Of The Lay Of Sigurd And Brynhild. The Third Lay Of Sigurd Fafnicide. Fragments Of The Lay Of Brynhild. The First Lay Of Gudrun. Brynhild's Hel-ride. The Slaughter Of The Niflungs. The Second Lay Of Gudrun. The Third Lay Of Gudrun. Oddrun's Lament. The Lay Of Atli. The Groenland Lay Of Atli. Gudrun's Incitement. The Lay Of Hamdir. THE YOUNGER EDDAS OF STURLESON. The Deluding Of Gylfi. Gylfi's Journey To Asgard. Of The Supreme Deity. Of The Primordial State Of The Universe. Origin Of The Hrimthursar, Or Frost-giants. Of The Cow Audhumla, And The Birth Of Odin. How The Sons Of Bor Slew Ymir And From His Body Made Heaven And Earth. Of The Formation Of The First Man And Woman. Of Night And Day. Of The Sun And Moon. Of The Wolves That Pursue The Sun And Moon Of The Way That Leads To Heaven. The Golden Age. Origin Of The Dwarfs. Of The Ash Yggdrasill, Mimir's Well., And The Norns Or Destinies. Of The Various Celestial Regions. Of The Wind And The Seasons. Of Odin. Of Thor. Of Baldur. Of Njord. Of The God Frey, And The Goddess Freyja. Of Tyr. Of The Other Gods. Hodur The Blind, Assassin Of Baldur Of Loki And His Progeny. Binding The Wolf Fenir Of The Goddesses. Of Frey And Gerda. Of The Joys Of Valhalla. Of The Horse Sleipnir. Of The Ship Skidbladnir. Thor's Adventures On His Journey To The Land Of The Giants. How Thor Went To Fish For The Midgard Serpent. The Death Of Baldur The Good. Baldur In The Abode Of The Dead The Flight And Punishment Of Loki. Of Ragnarok, Or The Twilight Oe The Gods, And The Conflagration Of The Of The Abodes Of Future Bliss And Misery. The Renovation Of The Universe. Ægir's Journey To Asgard. Iduna And Her Apples. The Origin Of Poetry. Odin Beguiles The Daughter Of Baugi GLOSSARY. THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND. PREFACE. Sæmund, son of Sigfus, the reputed collector of the poems bearing his name, which is sometimes also called the Elder, and the Poetic, Edda, was of a highly distinguished family, being descended in a direct line from King Harald Hildetonn. He was born at Oddi, his paternal dwelling in the south of Iceland, between the years 1054 and 1057, or about 50 years after the establishment by law of the Christian religion in that island; hence it is easy to imagine that many heathens, or baptized favourers of the old mythic songs of heathenism, may have lived in his days and imparted to him the lays of the times of old, which his unfettered mind induced him to hand down to posterity. The youth of Sæmund was passed in travel and study, in Germany and France, and, according to some accounts, in Italy. His cousin John Ogmundson, who later became first bishop of Holum, and after his death was received among the number of saints, when on his way to Rome, fell in with his youthful kinsman, and took him back with him to Iceland, in the year 1076. Sæmund afterwards became a priest at Oddi, where he instructed many young men in useful learning; but the effects of which were not improbably such as to the common people might appear as witchcraft or magic: and, indeed, Sæmund's predilection for the sagas and songs of the old heathen times (even for the magical ones) was so well known, that among his countrymen there were some who regard