1930 Charles E. Brock Illustrations and Color Plates for The Heroes of Asgard by Annie and Eliza Keary   [HOME]   [POPULAR RETELLINGS]
	STORY I: AESIR   Audhumbla and Ymir     Odin encounters the Vanir     Odin commands the elves and the dwarves       Frey and Freyja arrive in Asgard   Loki's Children: Fenrir, Jormungand and Hela   Odin visits Jotunheim     Tyr elects to feed Fenrir     The Norns: Urd, Verdandi and Skuld     The dwarves fill Odhaerir with Kvasir's Blood     STORY II:  HOW THOR WENT TO JOTUNHEIM       Thor and Loki ride from Asgard to Utgard    Thor and the Giant Skrymir    Thor wrestles Elli (Old Age) at Utgard-Loki's     Thor catches the Midgard Sepent fishing with Hymir     Story III: FREY     Frey, Ruler of Alfheim     Frey presents his sword to Skirnir       Skirnir rides through the flames surrounding Gymir's house     Skirnir returns the golden cup to Gerda         Frey rides to the wood Barri to meet Gerda     STORY IV: THE WANDERINGS OF FREYJA     Freyja peers within the cavern of the dwarves       Freyja bargains with dwarves for Brisingamen Loki steals Brisingamen Freyja seeks her husband Odur     Freyja weeps by the sea     STORY V: IDUNA'S APPLES       Thiassi shakes his wings and a swarm of "Nervous Apprehensions" attacks Iduna     A chorus of foxes approve Loki stealing cakes from a nearby farmhouse     The giant Thiassi tricks Loki     Without Iduna's apples, the Aesir are visited by Hela       Loki flew out the window followed by Iduna,  in the form of a sparrow     STORY VI: BALDUR     Baldur tells Frigg of his ominous dreams   Frigg takes oaths from all living creatures   Vegtam (Odin) rides to Hel to learn of Baldur's fate         Nothing can harm Baldur       Baldur Dead     Hermod rides to Hel     Everything mourns for Baldur     STORY VII: THE BINDING OF FENRIR     Fenrir breaks his chain     Hermod obtains Gleipnir from the dwarves        Fenrir distrusts the Aesir     Tyr pledges his hand to chain the Fenris Wolf     STORY VIII: THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI   Loki hides         Sigyn catches venom meant for Loki         STORY IX: RAGNARÖK     Surt and his men cross the Bifrost Bridge     Thor meets Jörmungand for the last time
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