Chapter Page I Frithiof and Ingeborg 11 II The Death of Balder 15 III King Bele and Thorsten 26 IV Frithiof’s Inheritance 33 V Frithiof’s Wooing 40 VI King Ring 44 VII Frithiof at Chess 48 VIII Frithiof goes to Ingeborg 50 IX The Parting 52 X Frithiof’s Voyage 59 XI Frithiof at the Court of Augantyr 62 XII Frithiof’s Return 68 XIII The Burning of the Temple 74 XIV Frithiof in Exile 78 XV Frithiof’s Viking Life 81 XVI Frithiof comes to King Ring’s Court 84 XVII The Sledge Excursion 89 XVIII Frithiof’s Temptation 91 XIX Death of King Ring 97 XX The Election to the Kingdom 100 XXI The Reconciliation 102 Illustrations Page Frithiof’s Sea Journey _Frontispiece_ Frithiof’s Wooing 42 Frithiof’s Wrestle 64 King Ring’s Death 98 The Frithiof Saga Chapter I Frithiof and Ingeborg In olden times there ruled in Norway a King of great renown called Bele, whose wife died early, leaving him two sons and a daughter. When the latter had reached her sixth year, the King said to Thorsten, his brother-in-arms and lifelong friend, “My rosebud, Ingeborg, is the joy of my heart, but none the less I must send her away and entrust her to the guardianship of Hilding the Wise, so that, far from the turmoil and distractions of a court, the light of true knowledge shall be hers. But lest she should miss the companionship of her beloved playfellow, I pray thee permit thy son Frithiof to accompany her, that they may be reared together.”