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  Ragnarr loðbrók 19, 142, 160–66, 165, 202

  Ragnarr’s Saga 161

  Ramsund stone 26, 140

  Rán, wife of Ægir 68, 69

  Ratatöskr, squirrel 65, 65

  Reginn 136–40, 138

  Rígr 38, 41

  Rígr’s List 17, 38

  Rindr, princess 36, 185

  Röskva 37, 108, 111

  runes 15, 26, 32, 34, 36, 41, 76, 91, 185, 197–98

  Saga of the Völsungs 133, 152

  Saga of the Ynglings 13, 82

  Saxo Grammaticus 17–19, 159, 185

  Sayings of the High One 34–35, 79, 101

  Second Poem of Helgi 135

  Seeress’s Prophecy, The 16, 57, 60, 61, 69, 70, 71, 78, 81, 82, 97, 98, 179, 186, 191, 196, 197–98, 199, 200

  seiðr 35, 82, 84, 112, 187

  ship-burials 22–23, 183

  Short Poem about Sigurðr 145

  Siegfried 20, 137, 143

  Sif, goddess 38, 50, 51, 71, 118, 119, 187

  Siggeirr, King of Gautland 129–31

  Sigmundr, Volsungr’s son 122, 127, 129–33, 130, 132, 136, 137, 142, 144

  Signý 127, 129–31, 144

  Sigrdrífa 80, 142–43

  Sigrún 134–36

  Sigurðr the dragon-slayer 20, 25, 80, 136–47, 138, 139, 141, 143, 150–52, 161, 162, 192

  Sigurðr Snake-in-the-Eye 162

  Sigyn, goddess 42, 120, 190, 190

  Sinfjötli 130–32, 132

  Skaði, giantess 43, 44, 52–53, 53, 71, 84–85, 86, 90, 91–92, 109, 187, 190

  Skíðblaðnir 45, 71, 71

  Skírnir 91–94, 94, 188

  Skrýmir, giant 113–14, 114, 116, 188

  Sleipnir, Óðinn’s horse 31, 41, 42, 96, 97, 119, 136, 180, 181, 195

  Snorri Sturluson 11–17, 19, 28, 42, 47, 52, 53, 57, 64, 71, 79, 82, 86, 92, 94, 95, 97, 105, 112, 115–16, 121, 180, 182, 184, 187, 189, 191, 194, 195, 197

  Sörli 139, 151–52

  Starkaðr 19, 155–60, 159

  Surtr, giant 58, 193–94, 196

  Suttungr 98–102

  Svanhildr 150–52

  Sweden, Swedes 14, 21, 51, 164

  Tolkien, J. R. R. 64, 70, 141, 156, 173, 201

  Tricking of Gylfi, The 12, 79, 85, 92, 97, 185

  trolls 89, 126, 166–68, 168, 192

  Týr, god 24, 27, 48, 48, 102–4, 121, 194

  Tyrfingr, sword 171–74

  Ullr, god 50, 50, 67

  Uppsala 21, 22, 158, 162, 169, 171

  Útgarða-Loki 112–16

  Vafþrúðnir, giant 179–80, 198–99

  Vafþrúðnir’s Sayings 179

  Valhöll 31–35, 64–65, 67, 79, 118, 132, 136, 176

  valkyries 32–33, 33, 68, 127, 128, 133, 133

  Vanir, gods 31, 43–7, 72, 79, 81–86, 93

  Váli, Loki’s son 42, 120, 191

  Váli, Óðinn’s son 31, 49, 133, 185–86, 191, 199

  Víðarr, god 31, 49, 49, 195–96, 196, 199

  Víkarr 155–58, 160

  Víkarr’s Fragment 156

  Vikings, Viking Age 17, 19–20, 24–5, 60, 67, 70, 108, 140–41, 172, 176, 183, 195

  Völsungr 122, 127, 129

  Völsungs 127–47, 152, 155, 175

  Völundr 25, 74–78

  Völundr’s Poem 75, 76

  Wagner, Richard 95, 97, 137, 147, 152, 197, 201

  Waking of Angantýr 172

  Wayland the Smith, Weland see Völundr

  Yggdrasill 10, 15, 32, 34, 39, 62, 63–67, 81, 83, 128, 192, 199

  Ymir 58–60, 71, 89

  Þiðreks Saga 76

  Þjálfi 37, 90, 108, 111, 113, 115, 118

  Þjazi, giant 52, 71, 106–9, 106, 116–17, 119

  Þóra 160–2, 166

  Þórr, god 6, 15, 21, 25, 27, 31, 37–38, 37, 50, 51, 71, 72, 79, 89–90, 91, 96–97, 102–5, 103, 109–18, 110, 114, 115, 119, 125, 157–60, 182, 184, 187–89, 190, 194, 199, 201

  Þriði 12, 14

  Þrúðr 38

  Þrymr 52, 109–12

  Þrymr’s Poem 109, 111

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  On the cover (clockwise from top left): Loki bound; sacrifice scene; Fenrir devours Óðinn; Óðinn riding Sleipnir; Viking warship; trampling horse. Jacket artwork by Alex Wright based on images from: Austers stone, Gotland; Kirkby Stephen stone, Cumbria; Stora Hammars I stone, Gotland; Thorwald’s Cross, Isle of Man; Tjängvide stone, Gotland. © Thames & Hudson Ltd, London.

  Frontispiece: The wolf Fenrir swallows Óðinn, from the Viking-Age Thorwald Cross, Isle of Man.