162Herkja,111Hermes, in the Homeric hymn,43HervararSaga ok Heiðreks Konungs(Heiðreks Saga), one of the romantic mythical Sagas in Hauk's book,48;contains the poems of the cycle of Angantyr,78,280Hervor, daughter of Angantyr,70,73,112,208Heusler, Dr. Andreas, Professor in Berlin,100nHialli,151Hickes, George, D.D.,73n,78Hildebrand, Lay of,76,79,81,87n,91Hildeburg: seeFinnesburhHildegund (Hildegyth),84sq.: seeWalterHnæf: seeFinnesburhHobs, Mr. (i.e.Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury),31Hodbrodd, in story of Helgi and Sigrun,72,96Hogni, father of Sigrun,72,96Hogni, son of Giuki, brother of Gunnar, Gothorm, and Gudrun,101,151sq.: seeHagenHomeric analogies in medieval literature,9sq.Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, a friend of Bishop Gudmund,257;Hrafns Sagaquoted,38nHrafn: seeGunnlaugHrafnkels Saga Freysgoða, the story of Hrafnkel, Frey's Priest,187,198Hrefna, Kjartan's wife,223Hreidar the Simple, an unpromising hero, inHaralds Saga Harðráða,310Hrolf Kraki (Hroðulf inBeowulf),166,280Hromund Greipsson, Saga of,99Hrothgar,10,166.Hunding,95Hunferth,10,166Huonde Bordeaux(chanson de geste), epic and romance combined inartistically in,37,53,314-317Hurd'sLetters on Chivalry and Romance,30Hygelac,161sq.: seeBeowulfHymiskviða: seeThorIbsen, Henrik, hisHærmændene paa Helgeland(Warriors in Helgeland), a drama founded on the Volsung story, its relation toLaxdæla Saga,209hisKongsemnerne(Rival Kings, Hacon and Skule),268Ider, romance,331sq.,347nIliad,11sq.,18,38sq.,52,162sq.,348,352nIngeld: seeFrodaIngibjorg, daughter of Sturla, her wedding at Flugumyri,259sq.Intelligenza, L',386nJehoram, son of Ahab, in the famine of Samaria,239Johnson, Dr.,9,244Joinville, Jean de, Seneschal of Champagne, hisLife of St. Louiscompared with Icelandic prose history,269sq.Jón Arason the poet, Bishop of Hólar, the last Catholic Bishop in Iceland, beheaded by Reformers, 7th November 1550, a notable character,268Jordanes, historian of the Goths, his version of the story ofErmanaric, its relation toHamðismál,65Judith, old English poem of,28,29,90Julian, the Emperor, his opinion of German songs,65Kara,98sq.Kari, inNjála,206and Bjorn,228-229Karl Jónsson, Abbot of Thingeyri in Iceland, author ofSverris Saga,249Kjartan, son of Olaf the Peacock (Laxdæla Saga),13,191,204,207,375his death,240sq.Königskinder, die, German ballad,327Kormaks Saga,129n,281Lancelot, the French prose romance,335Landnámabók, in Hauk's book,47Laurence, Bishop of Hólar (ob.1331), hisLife(Laurentius Saga),268LaxdælaSaga, the story of Laxdale (the Lovers of the Gudrun),185,190,240sq.,375;a new version of the Niblung story,209sq.,222sq.,281Leconte de Lisle,L'Epée d'Angantyr,73nLessing'sLaocoon,237LibeauxDesconus, romance in different versions—French, by Renaud de Beaujeu (Guinglain),337,343sq.,387;English,337,343;Italian (Carduino),337,343Ljósvetninga Saga, story of the House of Ljósavatn,188sq.Lokasenna(the Railing of Loki),41,77,113Longnon, Auguste,314nLouis IX., king of France (St. Louis): seeJoinvilleLusiad, the, a patriotic epic, unlike the poetry of the 'heroic age,'22Macrobius,47,333Maldon, poem of the battle of (a.d.991),69,88,95n,134,205,244;compared with theIliad,11;compared withRoland,51,54sq.,294Malory, Sir Thomas, hisMorte d'Arthur,215,307Mantrible, Bridge of the,388Marie de France, herLaystranslated into Norwegian (Strengleikar),278;Guingamorcriticised,337-340Marino,31Martianus Capella,de Nuptiis Philologiae, studied in the Middle Ages,47Medea,334,347sq.Menglad, Rescue of,78,114: seeSvipdagMephistopheles in Thessaly,10Meyer, Paul,290n,359n,386Milan, Siege of,388Mimming, the sword of Weland,86Morris, William,205,282,334Mort Arthure, alliterative poem,180Mort Artus, French prose romance,335Morte d'Arthur: seeMaloryNibelungenlied,105,120,149,179Niblung story, its relation to historical fact,22sq.: seeGunnar,Hogni,Gudrun,Laxdæla SagaNidad,95Njal, story of (Njála),8,13,60,185,207,219-221Oberon; seeHuon de BordeauxOdd, Arrow (Örvar-Oddr),73Oddrun, sister of Brynhild and Attila,102Lament of(Oddrúnargrátr), in the 'Elder Edda,'103,107sq.,151sq.Odd Ufeigsson: seeBandamanna SagaOdoacer, referred to inLay of Hildebrand,81Odysseus,7,9,32sq.,35,71Odyssey, the,10,163,171;Aristotle's summary of,18;romance in,32sq.Olaf Tryggvason, king of Norway,205,375sq.Olkofra Þáttr, the story of Alecap, related toBandamanna Saga,226Ossian, in the land of youth: seeGuingamorOvid in the Middle Ages,47,346,412;Ovidius Epistolarumstudied in Iceland,59Ovid's story of Medea, translated in theRoman de Troie,334sq.,348sq.;Heroidesbecame the 'Saints' Legend of Cupid,'347Paris, Gaston,290,291,331,337,343,345,348n,387Paulus Diaconus, heroic stories in the Lombard history,66sq.Peer Gynt,170Pèlerinagede Charlemagne(chanson de geste),24,53,329Percy, Thomas, D.D.,Five Pieces of Runic Poetry,73n,141nPhaeacia, Odysseus in, Bossu's criticism,31Pindar, his treatment of myths,43Poitiers, William IX., Count of, his poem on setting out for the Crusade,317Powell, F. York,66: seeAagePrised'Orange,chanson de gesteof the cycle of William of Orange, in substance a romance of adventure,313Queste del St. Graal, French prose romance, a contrast to the style of Chrestien de Troyes,327,335Ragnar Lodbrok, his Death-Song (Krákumál),140,217,295Rainouart, the gigantic ally of William of Orange,296,311;their names associated by Dante (Par.xviii. 46),ibid.Raoulde Cambrai(chanson de geste),291n,298-300,309Rastignac, Eugène de,188ReykdælaSaga, the story of Vemund, Askel, and Skuta son of Askel, connected with the story of Glum,194,201Rigaut, son of Hervi the Villain, in the story ofGarin le Loherain,310Rimgerd the Giantess: seeAtliRímur, Icelandic rhyming romances,181,283Roland, Chanson de,9,24,83,287,293-295,308;compared withByrhtnoth(Maldon),54sq.;with an incident inNjála,265Roman de la Rose, of Guillaume de Lorris,345,348,352,359Rood, Dream of the, old English poem,134Rosamund and Alboin in the Lombard history,23,67Rosmunda, a tragedy, by Rucellai,67Rou, Roman de, the author's visit to Broceliande,26Sam (Sámr), Gunnar's dog,214Sarpedon's address to Glaucus,9,11Sarus and Ammius (Sorli and Hamther), brothers of Suanihilda (Jordanes),66: seeHamðismálSaxo Grammaticus,69,79,105,149,181,374Scotland, Complaynt of, romances named in,387-389Scottish Field, alliterative poem on Flodden,179sq.Shakespeare, his treatment of popular tales,36sq.Sibyl's Prophecy: seeVolospáSidney, Sir Philip,99,368Sievers, Dr. Eduard, Professor in Leipzig,136n,169nSigmund Brestisson, inFæreyinga Saga,206,245,283Sigmund, father of Sinfiotli, Helgi, and Sigurd,95,110Signild: seeSivardSigrdrifa,115Sigrun: seeHelgiSigurd, the Volsung (O.N. Sigurðr),22,71,100sq.,129,133fragmentaryLay of(Brot af Sigurðarkviðu),103Lay of: seeBrynhildSinfiotli, debate of, and Gudmund,96Sivardog Brynild, Danish ballad, translated,127-129Skallagrim, how he told the truth to King Harald,192Skarphedinn, son of Njal,190,220sq.,244,265Skirnir: seeFreySkule, Duke, the rival of Hacon,267Skuta: seeReykdæla SagaSnorri Sturluson (a.d.1178-1241), author of theEdda,42;and of theLives of the Kings of Norway,248;his murder avenged at Flugumyri,263Snorri the Priest (Snorri Goði), inEyrbyggjaand other Sagas,188,213,253Sonatorrek(the Sons' Loss), poem by Egil Skallagrimsson,215Sorli: seeHamðismálSpenser,343Starkad,166,374Stephens, George, sometime Professor in Copenhagen,78Stevenson, R.L.,Catriona,170nSturlaof Hvamm (Hvamm-Sturla), founder of the house of the Sturlungs, his life (Sturlu Saga)253-256Sturla (c.a.d.1214-1284), son of Thord, and grandson of Hvamm-Sturla, nephew of Snorri, author ofSturlunga Saga(q.v.) and ofHákonar Saga(q.v.)61,251,259SturlungaSaga(more accuratelyIslendinga Saga), of Sturla, Thord's son, a history of the author's own times, using the forms of the heroic Sagas,61,246sq.,249sq.Suanihilda: seeSwanhildSvarfdæla Saga, the story of the men of Swarfdale (Svarfaðardalr),219Sveidal, Ungen, Danish ballad, on the story of Svipdag and Menglad,114,126Sverre, king of Norway (ob.1202), hisLife(Sverris Saga) written by Abbot Karl Jónsson at the king's dictation,249;quotes a Volsung poem,278Svipdagand Menglad, old Northern poems of,78,114sq.: seeSveidalSwanhild(O.N. Svanhildr), daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun, her cruel death; the vengeance on Ermanaric known to Jordanes in the sixth century,65: seeHamðismálTasso,18,21;his critical essays on heroic poetry,30Tegnér, Esaias,141;hisFrithiofs Saga,277Tennyson,Enid,355Theodoric (O.N. Þióðrekr), a hero of Teutonic epic in different dialects,22,81,87;fragment of Swedish poem on, inscription on stone at Rök,78: seeGudrunThersites,243Thidrandi, whom the goddesses slew,208Þidreks Saga(thirteenth century), a Norwegian compilation from North German ballads on heroic subjects,79,121Thomas: seeTristramThor, in old Northern literature, his Fishing for the World Serpent (Hymiskviða),43,77,95;the Winning of the Hammer (Þrymskviða),43,77,81,95Danish ballad of,125the contention of, and Odin (Harbarzlióð),77,113Thorarin, inEyrbyggja, the quiet man,227Thorgils and Haflidi (Þorgils Saga ok Hafliða),226,238,252sq.Thorkell Hake, inLjósvetinga Saga,225Thorolf Bægifot: seeEyrbyggjaThorolf, Kveldulf's son: seeSkallagrimÞorsteins Saga Hvíta, the story of Thorstein the White, points of resemblance toLaxdælaandGunnlaugs Saga,281Þorsteins Saga Stangarhöggs(Thorstein Staffsmitten), a short story,282Thrond of Gata (Færeyinga Saga),245Þrymskviða: seeThorThrytho,162Thurismund, son of Thurisvend, king of the Gepidae, killed by Alboin,67Tirant lo Blanch(Tirant the White, Romance of),38n;a moral work,222Trissino, author ofItalia liberata dai Goti, a correct epic poem,30Tristramand Iseult,336, Anglo-Norman poems, by Béroul and Thomas,344;of Chrestien (lost),ibid.Troilus,368sq.Troy, Destruction of, alliterative poem,180Ufeig: seeBandamanna SagaUistean Mor mac Ghille Phadrig,170Uspak: seeBandamanna SagaVafþrúðnismál, mythological poem in 'Elder Edda,'77,112,115Vali: seeBandamanna SagaVápnfirðinga Saga, the story of Vopnafjord,193,226Vatnsdæla Saga, story of the House of Vatnsdal,189Vemund: seeReykdæla SagaVergi, la Chastelaine de, a short tragic story,362sq.Víga-Glúms Saga,193: seeGlumVíga-Styrr: seeHeiðarvíga Saga