1. Mythology, Norse--Juvenile literature. [1. Mythology, Norse] I. Pogany, Willy, 1882-1955, ill. II. Title. BL860.C63 1984b 293'.13 83-20368 ISBN 0-02-042100-1 (pbk.: alk. paper) [Illustration] CONTENTS PART I _The Dwellers in Asgard_ 1. Far Away and Long Ago 3 2. The Building of the Wall 6 3. Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in Danger 13 4. Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard 27 5. How Brock Brought Judgment on Loki 34 6. How Freya Gained Her Necklace and How Her Loved One Was Lost to Her 44 7. How Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His Magic Sword 51 8. Heimdall and Little Hnossa: How All Things Came to Be 62 9. The All-Father's Forebodings: How He Leaves Asgard 69 PART II _Odin the Wanderer_ 1. Odin Goes to Mimir's Well: His Sacrifice for Wisdom 77 2. Odin Faces an Evil Man 82 3. Odin Wins for Men the Magic Mead 90 4. Odin Tells to Vidar, His Silent Son, the Secret of His Doings 99 5. Thor and Loki in the Giants' City 102 6. How Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym the Giant 116 7. Ægir's Feast: How Thor Triumphed 124 8. The Dwarf's Hoard, and the Curse that It Brought 136 PART III _The Witch's Heart_ 1. Foreboding in Asgard 151 2. Loki the Betrayer 155 3. Loki Against the Æsir 164 4. The Valkyrie 169 5. The Children of Loki 174 6. Baldur's Doom 180 7. Loki's Punishment 193 PART IV _The Sword of the Volsungs and the Twilight of the Gods_ 1. Sigurd's Youth 199 2. The Sword Gram and the Dragon Fafnir 208 3. The Dragon's Blood 215 4. The Story of Sigmund and Signy 223 5. The Story of Sigmund and Sinfiotli 233 6. The Story of the Vengeance of the Volsungs and of the Death of Sinfiotli 239 7. Brynhild in the House of Flame 245 8. Sigurd at the House of the Nibelungs 250 9. How Brynhild Was Won for Gunnar 255 10. The Death of Sigurd 260 11. The Twilight of the Gods 265 PART I THE DWELLERS IN ASGARD [Illustration] FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO