I will give a few instances of each of the three methods of changing bodies mentioned above. Freyja and Frigg had their falcon dresses in which they visited different regions of the earth, and Loki is said to have borrowed these, and to have then appeared so precisely like a falcon, that he would have escaped detection, but for the malicious twinkle of his eyes. In the Vælundar kviða is the following passage:— I. I. Meyjar flugu sunnan From the south flew the maidens Myrkvið igögnum Athwart the gloom, Alvitr unga Alvit the young, Orlög drýgja; To fix destinies; þær á savarströnd They on the sea-strand Settusk at hvilask, Sat them to rest, Dró sir suðrœnar These damsels of the south Dýrt lín spunnu. Fair linen spun. II. II. Ein nam þeirra One of them took Egil at verja Egil to press, Fögr mær fíra Fair maid, in her Faðmi ljósum; Dazzling arms. Önnur var Svanhvít, Another was Svanhwit, Svanfjaðrar dró Who wore swan feathers; En in þriðja And the third, þeirra systir Their sister, Var i hvítan Pressed the white Háls Völundar. Neck of Vœlund. The introduction of Sœmund tells us that these charming young ladies were caught when they had laid their swan-skins beside them on the shore, and were consequently not in a condition to fly. In like manner were wolves’ dresses used. The following curious passage is from the wild Saga of the Völsungs:— “It is now to be told that Sigmund thought Sinfjötli too young to help him in his revenge, and he wished first to test his powers; so during the summer they plunged deep into the wood and slew men for their goods, and Sigmund saw that he was quite of the Völsung stock. . . . Now it fell out that as they went through the forest, collecting monies, that they lighted on a house in which were two men sleeping, with great gold rings an them; they had dealings with witchcraft, for wolf-skins hung up in the house above them; it was the tenth day on which they might come out of their second state. They were kings’ sons. Sigmund and Sinfjötli got into the habits, and could not get out of them again, and the nature of the original beasts came over them, and they howled as wolves—they learned “both of them to howl. Now they went into the forest, and each took his own course; they made the agreement together that they should try their strength against as many as seven men, but not more, and. that he who was ware of strife should utter his wolf’s howl.