[Footnote 64: _Folk. Huld. Even._, Pt. I, pp. 66ff.] [Footnote 65: _St. germ. Sag._, pp. 367-68.] [Footnote 66: "Dette hallen hjemsögende uhyre."--_Hrs. Bjark._, Introd., p. 22.] [Footnote 67: _Icel. Leg._, pp. 140 ff.] [Footnote 68: That it was the cattle of King Hrolf that the dragon attacked has been recognized by others, Müllenhoff (_Beow. Unt. Ang._, p. 55) and Chadwick (_Camb. Hist. Lit._, I, p. 29), for instance; but they make no more of the matter than to state it correctly.] [Footnote 69: _Grettis._, pp 92 ff.] [Footnote 70: _Folk. Huld. Even._, Pt. II, pp. 53 ff.] [Footnote 71: _Helt._, I, pp. 117-18.] [Footnote 72: _P. M. L. A._, XXIV, p. 239.] [Footnote 73: _St. germ. Sag._, p. 366.] [Footnote 74: _St. germ. Sag._, p. 368.] [Footnote 75: _St. germ. Sag._, p. 372.] [Footnote 76: See pp. 11-12.] [Footnote 77: _Beow. Unt. Ang._, p. 55.] [Footnote 78: _Beow. Unt._, p. 187.] [Footnote 79: _Helt._, I, p. 135.] [Footnote 80: _Nor. Tales_, p. 366. The sword here in question is just like the sword in Grendel's cave in _Beowulf_, except that it is not said to have a golden hilt.] [Footnote 81: Other tales which contain the motive that a strength-giving drink enables one to wield a sword that has supernatural qualities are: _The Big Bird Dan_ and _The Seven Foals_ (_Nor. Tales_, pp. 266 and 449); _The Three Brothers_ (Polish, _Yel. Fair. Bk._, p. 144); and _Lonkenlus_ (_Event. Sagn_, p. 268). It may be urged that in all these instances the drinking imparts strength, not bravery. But the two qualities are closely related; and the saga-man makes it plain that, by means of the drink, Hott has acquired both. Bothvar says, "Now you have become very strong, and I don't believe that you will be afraid of the troop of King Hrolf any longer." Hott answers, "I shall not fear them any more." Later Bothvar says, referring to the proposed attack on the propped-up dragon, "A brave man might be able to satisfy his curiosity about this! Comrade Hott, destroy this evil talk about you,--men say that there is neither strength nor courage in you; go up and kill the beast!" "Yes," says Hott, "I will undertake it." The king says, "I don't know whence this courage has come to you, Hott, you have changed marvellously in a short time." From the foregoing and what is said about Hott's wrestling with Bothvar, it is plain that the author has taken particular pains to emphasize the fact that, by partaking of the heart and blood of the dragon, Hott has acquired great strength, the lack of which seems to have been the cause of his cowardice. It seems equally plain that when Hott knocks over the dead propped-up dragon by means of the sword Gullinhjalti, which the king explicitly says "can only be borne by a man who is both brave and daring," the purpose is to call particular attention to the fact that it is by wielding the sword that Hott gives proof of the change that has come over him. Regardless