Paul B. Du Chaillu
The Viking Age (Vol. 1&2)
The Early History and Customs of the Ancestors of the English-Speaking Nations
e-artnow, 2021
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Table of Contents
VOLUME 1
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Civilisation and Antiquities of the North.
Chapter II. Roman and Greek Accounts of the Northmen.
Chapter III. The Settlement of Britain by Northmen.
Chapter IV. The Mythology and Cosmogony of the Norsemen.
Chapter V. Mythology and Cosmogony—continued.
Chapter VI. Odin of the North.
Chapter VII. The Successors of Odin of the North.
Chapter XII. Northern Relics—Bog Finds.
Chapter XIII. Northern Relics—Ground Finds.
Chapter XIV. Description of Some Remarkable Graves and Their Contents.
Chapter XV. Greek and Roman Antiquities in the North.
Chapter XVIII. Various Forms of Graves.
Chapter XX. Religion.—Worship, Sacrifices, Etc.
Chapter XXI. Religion.—Altars, Temples, High-seat Pillars, Etc.
Chapter XXII. Religion.—Human Sacrifices.
Chapter XXIII. Religion.—Idols and Worship of Men and Animals, Etc.
Chapter XXIV. Religion.—The Nornir and Valkyrias.
Chapter XXV. Religion.—The Volvas.
Chapter XXVI. Religion.—Ægir and Ran.
Chapter XXVII. Religion.—Sacrifices to the Alfar, Disir, Fylgja, Hamingja, and Landvœttir.
Chapter XXVIII. Valhöll-Valhalla.
Chapter XXIX. Superstitions.—Shape-changing.
Chapter XXX. Superstitions.—Witchcraft.
Chapter XXXI. Superstitions.—Omens.
Chapter XXXII. Superstitions.—Dreams.
Chapter XXXIII. The Struggle Between Paganism and Christianity.
Chapter XXXV. Divisions of People Into Classes.
Chapter XXXVI. Slavery—Thraldom.
Chapter XXXVIII. The Godi and the Godiship.
Chapter XXXIX. The Laws of the Earlier English Tribes.
Chapter XL. Indemnity, Weregild.
Chapter XLI. The Oath and Ordeal.
CHAPTER I.
CIVILISATION AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE NORTH.