Aage, Danish ballad, related to Helgi and Sigrun,144;cf. York Powell,C.P.B.i. 502, andGrimm Centenary Papers(1886), p. 47Achilles,12,13,19,35,39,67Aeneid,18,22,334,349Alboin the Lombard (O.E. Ælfwine, seeDavenant),23,66,69,82n,189Alexander the Great, in old French poetry,27;hisEpistle; (Anglo-Saxon version),329Aliscans, chanson de gesteof the cycle of William of Orange,296Alvíssmál, in 'Elder Edda,'112Amadis of Gaul, a formal hero,175,203,222Ammius (O.N. Hamðer): seeHamðismálAndreas, old English poem on the legend of St. Andrew,28,50,90,329Andvari,115Angantyr, theWaking of, poem inHervarar Saga,48,70,73,78,112,129nApollonius of Tyre, in Anglo-Saxon,329Ari Thorgilsson, called the Wise (Ari Fróði,a.d.1067-1148),hisLandnámabókandKonunga Æfi,248;Ynglinga Saga,279Ariosto,30,31,40,323Aristotle on the dramatic element in epic,17sq.;his summary of theOdyssey,36,74,120,139,159sq.Arnaldos, romance del Conde, Spanish ballad,327Arni, Bishop of Skalholt (ob.1298), hisLife(Arna Saga),268Arni Beiskr (the Bitter), murderer of Snorri Sturluson, his death at Flugumyri,263Aron Hjörleifsson (Arons Saga), a friend of Bishop Gudmund,225,257,381sq.Asbjörnsen, P. Chr.,170nAsdis, Grettir's mother,216nAskel: seeReykdæla SagaAtlakviða, theLay of Attila,146sq.: seeAttilaAtlamál, theGreenland Poem of Attila,92,137,146-156: seeAttilaAtli and Rimgerd, Contention of, in 'Elder Edda,'113sq.AtliinGrettis Saga, his dying speech,218inHávarðar Saga,227Attila(O.E. Ætla, O.N. Atli), the Hun, adopted as a German hero in epic tradition,22;different views of him in epic,24;inWaltharius,84;inWaldere,86;in the 'Elder Edda,'80,83,105sq.,110,137,149sq.Aucassin et Nicolette,312,327Audoin the Lombard (O.E. Eadwine), father of Alboin,67Aymon, Four Sons of, i.e.Renaus de Montauban(chanson de geste),313,387Balder, death of,43,78,112BandamannaSaga, 'The Confederates,'187,226,229-234Beatrice the Duchess, wife of Begon de Belin, mother of Gerin and Hernaudin,307sq.Begon de Belin, brother of Garin le Loherain,q.v.Benoit de Sainte More, hisRoman de Troie,330sq.,334Beowulf,69,88sq.,110,136,145,158-175,290and theOdyssey,10Beowulfand theHêliand,28Bergthora, Njal's wife,190,220sq.Bernier: seeRaoul de CambraiBéroul: seeTristramBevis, Sir,388Biarkamál,78Bjargey: seeHávarðar SagaBjorn, inNjála, and his wife,228-229Blethericus, a Welsh author,348Boccaccio, his relation to the French Romantic School, and to Chaucer,363-370Bodvild,95BoethiusOn the Consolation of Philosophy, a favourite book,46Bolli, Gudrun's husband (Laxdæla Saga),191,207,223,376sq.;kills Kjartan,242Bolli the younger, son of Bolli and Gudrun,223-224Bossu, on the Epic Poem, his opinion of Phaeacia,32,40nBradley, Mr. Henry, on the first Riddle in theExeter Book,135(Academy, March 24, 1888, p. 198)Bréri, cited by Thomas as his authority for the story of Tristram: seeBlethericusBrink, Dr. Bernhard Ten, some time Professor at Strassburg,145,290Broceliande visited by Wace,26,171Brunanburh, poem of the battle of,76Brynhild, sister of Attila, wife of Gunnar the Niblung,passimlongLay of, in the 'Elder Edda' (al. Sigurðarkviða in Skamma),83,100sq.Hell-ride of,102shortLay of(fragment),103,256lost poem concerning, paraphrased inVolsunga Saga,71Danish ballad of: seeSivardBugge, Dr. Sophus, sometime Professor in Christiania,77n,87n,137nByrhtnoth: seeMaldonC.P.B., i.e.Corpus Poeticum Boreale, q.v.Campbell, J.F., of Islay,170n,340Casket of whalebone (the Franks casket), in the British Museum, subjects represented on it,48;runic inscriptions,49(cf. Napier, inAn English Miscellany, Oxford 1901)Charles the Great, Roman Emperor (Charlemagne), different views of him in French Epic,24;inHuon de Bordeaux314sq.;history of, in Norwegian (Karlamagnus Saga),278;in Spanish (chap-book),297n: seePèlerinage de CharlemagneCharlot: seeHuon de BordeauxCharroide Nismes,chanson de gesteof the cycle of William of Orange, quoted,312Chaucer,328,332n;his relation to the French Romantic School, and to Boccaccio,363-370Chrestiende Troyes,323,344his works,Tristan(lost),344;Erec(Geraint and Enid),6,332,355sq.;Conte du Graal(Perceval),327;Cliges,333,357sq.,387;Chevalier de la Charrette(Lancelot),341,357,387;Yvain(Chevalier au Lion),352sq.,386sq.his influence on the author ofFlamenca,359sq.Codex Regius(2365, 4to), in the King's Library, Copenhagen: seeEdda, 'the Elder'Comédie Humaine, la,188Connla (the story of the fairy-bride): seeGuingamorContract, Social, in Iceland,59CoronemenzLooïs,chanson de gesteof the cycle of William of Orange, quoted,311CorpusPoeticum Boreale, ed. G. Vigfusson and F. York Powell, Oxford, 1883,passimCorsolt, a pagan,311Cressida, inRoman de Troie,330;the story treated in different ways byBoccaccioandChaucer,q.v.Cynewulf, the poet,51Cynewulf and Cyneheard(English Chronicle,a.d.755),5,82nDag, brother of Sigrun,72Dandie Dinmont,201Dante,31;his reference to William of Orange,296Dart, Song of the(Darraðarlióð, Gray's 'Fatal Sisters'),78Davenant, Sir William, on the heroic poem (Preface toGondibert), quoted,30;author of a tragedy, 'Albovine King of the Lombards,'67Deor's Lament, old English poem,76,115,134Drangey, island in Eyjafirth, north of Iceland, Grettir's refuge,196Dryden and the heroic ideal,30Du Bartas,31Edda, a handbook of the Art of Poetry, by Snorri Sturluson,42,138,181'Edda,' 'the Elder,' 'the Poetic,' 'of Sæmund the Wise' (Codex Regius),77,93,156passimEgil the Bowman, Weland's brother, represented on the Franks casket (Ægili),48Egil Skallagrimsson,192,215,220Einar Thorgilsson: seeSturla of HvammEkkehard, Dean of St. Gall, author ofWaltharius,84Elene, by Cynewulf, an old English poem on the legend of St. Helen (the Invention of the Cross),50,90,329Eneas, Roman d',386Enid: seeChrestien de TroyesErec: seeChrestien de TroyesEric the Red, his Saga in Hauk's book,47Ermanaric (O.E. Eormenríc, O.N. Jörmunrekr),22;killed by the brothers of Suanihilda,66: seeHamðismálErp: seeHamðismálExodus, old English poem of,28,90Eyjolf Karsson, a friend of Bishop Gudmund,257,381,sq.Eyjolf Thorsteinsson: seeGizurEyrbyggjaSaga, the story of the men of Eyre,187sq.,201,227,253Færeyinga Saga, the story of the men of the Faroes (Thrond of Gata and Sigmund Brestisson),206,245Faroese ballads,181,283Fielding, Henry,266Fierabras,388Finn: seeFinnesburhFinnesburh, old English poem (fragment), published by Hickes from a Lambeth MS., now mislaid,81sq.,265episode inBeowulf, giving more of the story,81sq.FiölsvinnsmálseeSvipdagFlamenca, a Provençal romance, by a follower of Chrestien de Troyes, in the spirit of Ovid,359-362;romances named in,360,384-387Flóamanna Saga, the story of the people of Floi,259Flores et Blanchefleur, romance, referred to inFlamenca,361;translated by Boccaccio (Filocolo),364Flosi the Burner, inNjála,218,219,190,191,219sq.Flugumyri, a homestead in Northern Iceland (Skagafjord), Earl Gizur's house, burned October 1253, the story as given by Sturla,259-264Fóstbræðra Saga(the story of the two sworn brethren, Thorgeir and Thormod)38n,47;in Hauk's book,187,194,196;euphuistic interpolations in,275sq.Frey, poem of his wooing of Gerd (Skirnismál), in the 'Poetic Edda,'77,94,114Frithiof the Bold, a romantic Saga,247,277,280sq.Froda (Fróðá), homestead in Olafsvík, near the end of Snæfellsnes, Western Iceland, a haunted house,Eyrbyggja Saga,208Froda(Frotho in Saxo Grammaticus), his story alluded to inBeowulf,69,72,82n,163,373sq.Froissart and the courteous ideal,328Fromont, the adversary in the story ofGarin le Loherain,q.v.Galopin the Prodigal, in the story ofGarin le Loherain,310Gareth, in Malory'sMorte d'Arthur, original of the Red Cross Knight in theFaery Queene,343Garinle Loherain(chanson de geste),53n,300-309Gawain killed dragons,168: seeWaleweinGawain and the Green Knight, alliterative poem,180Gay Goshawk, ballad of the,357Genesis, old English poem of,90,136Geraint, Welsh story,355Gerd: seeFreyGermaniaof Tacitus,46Gísla Saga, the story of Gisli the Outlaw,187,196sq.,207,225;its relations to the heroic poetry,210Giuki (Lat. Gibicho, O.E. Gifica), father ofGunnar,Hogni,Gothorm, andGudrun,q.v.GizurThorvaldsson, the earl, at Flugumyri,258,259-264Glam (Grettis Saga),172,196Glum(Víga-Glúms Saga),193sq.,225andRaoul de Cambrai,299Gollancz, Mr.,135(seeAcademy, Dec. 23, 1893, p. 572)Gothorm,101Gray, his translations from the Icelandic,78,157nGregory (St.) the Great,de Cura Pastorali, studied in Iceland,59Grendel,165: seeBeowulfGrettis Saga, the story of Grettir the Strong,172,187,195sq.,216n,218,226Grimhild, mother of Gudrun,110Grimild's Revenge, Danish ballad (Grimilds Hævn),105,149Grimm,136n;story of theGolden Bird,340Wilhelm,Deutsche Heldensage,79Grímnismál, in 'Elder Edda,'112Gripir, Prophecy of (Grípisspá) in the 'Elder Edda,' a summary of the Volsung story,94Groa, wife of EarlGizur,q.v.Grógaldr: seeSvipdagGrottasöngr(Song of the Magic Mill),90Gudmund Arason, Bishop of Hólar,170,256,381Gudmund, son of Granmar: seeSinfiotliGudmund the Mighty (Guðmundr inn Riki), inLjósvetningaand other Sagas,188,225Gudny, wife ofSturla of Hvamm,q.v.Gudrun(O.N. Guðrún), daughter of Giuki, sister of Gunnar and Hogni, wife of Sigurd,23,71,101,149sq.and Theodoric, theOld Lay of Gudrun(Guðrúnarkviða in forna),103,109Lay of(Guðrúnarkviða),111Lament of, orChain of Woe(Tregrof Guðrúnar),111,215Ordeal of,111daughter of Osvifr (Laxdæla Saga),191,209,222-224Guingamor, Lay of, by Marie de France,337-340Guinglain, romance, by Renaud de Beaujeu: seeLibeaux DesconusGundaharius(Gundicarius), the Burgundian (O.E. Gúðhere, O.N. Gunnarr; Gunther in theNibelungenlied, etc.),22: seeGunnar,GuntherGunnar of Lithend (Hlíðarendi), inNjáls Saga,190;his death,214Gunnar, son of Giuki, brother of Gudrun,101sq.,168sq.: seeGundaharius,GuntherGunnlaugthe Poet, called Wormtongue, his story (Gunnlaugs Saga Ormstungu),207,281Gunther(Guntharius, son of Gibicho) inWaltharius,84sq.;inWaldere,100: seeGundaharius,GunnarHacon, King of Norway (a.d.1217-1263): seeHákonar Saga;his taste for French romances,278Hadubrand, son of Hildebrand,81Hagen (Hagano), inWaltharius,84sq.Hagen, inWaldere(Hagena),86,239inSivard,q.v.: seeHogniHákonarSaga, theLifeof Hacon, Hacon's son, King of Norway (ob.1263), written by Sturla, contrasted with his history of Iceland,267sq.Halfs Saga,280Hall, son of Earl Gizur,259Hama,163Hamletin Saxo,70Hamðismál('Poetic Edda'), Lay of the death of Ermanaric,66,70-71,109,140Harald, king of Norway (Fairhair),58;inEgils Saga,192king of Norway (Hardrada), killed dragons,168;his Saga referred to (story of Hreidar the Simple),310;(Varangian custom),329nHarbarzlióð: seeThorHarðar Saga ok Holmverja, the story of Hord and the men of the island,212nHauk's Book, an Icelandic gentleman's select library in the fourteenth century,47sq.(Hauksbók, ed. Finnur Jónsson, 1892-1896)Hávamálin 'Poetic Edda,' a gnomic miscellany,77HávarðarSaga Isfirðings, the story of Howard of Icefirth,199,216sq.,227Hearne, Thomas,78Hedin, brother of Helgi, Hiorvard's son,99HeiðarvígaSaga, the story of the battle on the Heath (connected withEyrbyggja Saga),209: seeVíga-StyrrHeiðreks Saga: seeHervarar SagaHeimskringla, Snorri'sLives of the Kings of Norway, abridged,248Helgi and Kara,98Helgi, Hiorvard's son, and Swava,97sq.,113Helgi Hundingsbane and Sigrun,72,93n,95sq.,239Hêliand, old Saxon poem on the Gospel history, using the forms of German heroic poetry,27,90,204Hengest: seeFinnesburhHeremod,