The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) / The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations

by Paul B. Du Chaillu

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Contents

  1. The Viking Age the Early History Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of the English-Speaking Nations Illustrated from the Antiquities Discovered in Mounds, Cairns, and Bogs as Well as from the Ancie
  2. Preface
  3. A List of the Principal Sagas Quoted in the Viking Age, Including the Periods with Which They Deal
  4. A List of the Principal Kings of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Some of Whom Have Sagas of Their Own
  5. Chapter I. Civilisation and Antiquities of the North
  6. Chapter II. Roman and Greek Accounts of the Northmen
  7. Chapter III. The Settlement of Britain by Northmen
  8. Chapter IV. The Mythology and Cosmogony of the Norsemen
  9. Chapter V. Mythology and Cosmogony—continued
  10. Chapter VI. Odin of the North
  11. Chapter VII. The Successors of Odin of the North
  12. Chapter VIII. The Stone Age
  13. Chapter IX. The Bronze Age
  14. Chapter X. The Iron Age
  15. Chapter XI. Runes
  16. Chapter XII. Northern Relics—Bog Finds
  17. Chapter XIII. Northern Relics—Ground Finds
  18. Chapter XIV. Description of Some Remarkable Graves and Their Contents
  19. Chapter XV. Greek and Roman Antiquities in the North
  20. Chapter XVI. Glass
  21. Chapter XVII. Horses—Waggons
  22. Chapter XVIII. Various Forms of Graves
  23. Chapter XIX. Burials
  24. Chapter XX. Religion.—Worship, Sacrifices, Etc
  25. Chapter XXI. Religion.—Altars, Temples, High-Seat Pillars, Etc
  26. Chapter XXII. Religion.—Human Sacrifices
  27. Chapter XXIII. Religion.—Idols and Worship of Men and Animals, Etc
  28. Chapter XXIV. Religion.—The Nornir and Valkyrias
  29. Chapter XXV. Religion.—The Volvas
  30. Chapter XXVI. Religion.—Ægir and Ran
  31. Chapter XXVII. Religion.—Sacrifices to the Alfar, Disir, Fylgja, Hamingja, and Landvœttir
  32. Chapter XXVIII. Valhöll-Valhalla
  33. Chapter XXIX. Superstitions.—Shape-Changing
  34. Chapter XXX. Superstitions.—Witchcraft
  35. Chapter XXXI. Superstitions.—Omens
  36. Chapter XXXII. Superstitions.—Dreams
  37. Chapter XXXIII. The Struggle Between Paganism and Christianity
  38. Chapter XXXIV. The Land
  39. Chapter XXXV. Divisions of People Into Classes
  40. Chapter XXXVI. Slavery—Thraldom
  41. Chapter XXXVII. The Thing
  42. Chapter XXXVIII. The Godi and the Godiship
  43. Chapter XXXIX. The Laws of the Earlier English Tribes
  44. Chapter XL. Indemnity, Weregild
  45. Chapter XLI. The Oath and Ordeal
  46. Chapter XLII. Duelling
  47. Chapter XLIII. Outlawry
  48. Chapter XLIV. Revenge

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