Gods and Myths of Northern Europe

by, 44–5, 117; slaying of Balder by, 35–7, 184–5, 188; stealing of apples and, 39, 165

Lytir, 94–5

Maelseachlainn, 75

Magni, 30, 41

Magnus Nilsson, 81

Man, Isle of, 12, 174, 208

Manannan, 174

Mannus, 199

Marriage: divination about, 119; hammer used in, 80; ideal of, 10; of deities, 93, 97, 107, 114; Vanir and, 102, 123

Mars, 21, 54, 55, 56, 57, 196

Mars Thingsus, 57–8, 62

Martin, St, 96

Mead, 28, 40, 157

Menglo?, 175

Mercury, 55, 56, 140–1

Merseburg Charms, 63, 141, 183

Midgard, 27, 32

Mi?gar?sormr (Midgard Serpent), 32, 35, 47, 74. See also World Serpent

Mimingus, 168, 184

Mimir, 26, 45, 166–8, 194; head of, 38, 146

Mist-calf, 41, 79

Mistletoe, 35, 184, 187

Mjollnir, 29, 32, 80, 82. See also Hammer of Thor

Modgud, 36

Mongols, 145

Monsters: binding of, 31; Loki’s offspring, 31–2, 178, 188; loosing of, 37, 38, 202, 203, 205–6, 209–10; on cross, 221

Moon, 28, 37

Morrigu, 65

Mother Goddess, 21, 110–14. See also Mothers

Mothers, 112–13, 120, 121, 123, 125, 137, 166

Mucius Scaevola, 60

Muspell, 27, 37, 206

Naglfar, 37

Naharvali, 169

Naming, 88, 101, 104, 111, 155

Necklace, 95, 113, 115, 116, 176, 179

Negau, helmet from, 57

Nehalennia, 137, 166

Nerthus, 94–6, 100, 102–3, 106, 110–11, 113

Ni?hoggr, 161, 194

Niflheim, 32

Njals Saga, 64, 85, 154

Njord, 29, 30, 132–7, 124, 170; marriage with Skadi, 30, 40, 106–7 oaths to, 77; place-names after, 106; sent as hostage, 45, 124

Norna-Gest, 120

Norns, 26, 61, 112, 195

Nors, 133

Norway: Icelandic settlers from, 77, 84, 158; kings of, 15, 109; lucky trees in, 88; place-names, 87, 106, 115; ship-burial in, 133; worship of Freyr, 97, 100; of Thor, 89

Nuts, 165

Nydam, 55

Oak tree, 79, 86, 87, 191

Oaths, 76–7, 102

Oberflacht, 161

Od, 30, 115, 154

Oddrunargratr, III

Odin, 25, 27, 28, 48–52, 57, 140–57, 219; adventures of, 39, 40, 41, 43; ancestor of Swedish kings, 56; Balder and, 35–6, 109, 162, 185, 186, 188; berserks of 66–72; brothers of, 201; cremation and, 158; death of, 38, 205; folklore of, 19; Freyja and, 115; Hoenir and, 168; horse of, 41; Loki and, 181; lost eye of, 26; shape-changing of, 117; spear of, 42, 102; spells of, 63; in Uppsala, 191; in Valhalla, 61, 75, 164; wife of, 30, 111, 112; wisdom of, 31, 32, 45, 166, 167, 213, 216

Olaf Geirsta?aalfr, 155, 157

Olaf the Holy, 12, 155, 157

Olaf Tryggvason, 12; destroying Freyr, 97, 102, 122; destroying Thor, 73, 74, 76, 85; Gunnar Helming and, 93

Old Prussians, 79, 87

Olrik, Axel, 179, 203, 207

Olsen, Magnus, 92

Orkneys, 12, 13

Orosius, 54–5

Qrvar-Odds Saga, 152

Oseberg ship, 95, 134, 135

Osiris, 21, 108, 109

Ottar the Simple, 98, 99

Otter, 43

Otto, Bishop, 87

Parcae, 112, 120, 125

Paul the Deacon, 58, 111

Perkuno, 87

Pipping, 173–4

Place-names, 18, 87, 101, 115, 116, 132, 148

Plutarch, 99

Poetry, gift of, 40–1, 157

Procopius, 51, 54, 67

Prose Edda, 24, 26; Balder in, 185–9; Hel in, 162; Odin in, 145; Ragnarok in, 90; three powers in, 201; and passim throughout the book

Rabenschlacht, 131

Ragnar Lothbrok, 149, 150

Ragnarok, 37–8, 202–10, 213–14; Loki at, 181–2, 188; sea at, 138; serpent at, 138–9; wolf at, 59

Ragnarsdrdapa, 89, 152

Ragnvald Rettilbeini, 121

Ran, 129

Raud, 85

Ravens, 29, 65, 146–7

Ravenswood, Battle of, 51

Rebirth, 110, 155, 157–8, 162