Legends of the Middle Ages eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 462 pages of information about Legends of the Middle Ages.

Legends of the Middle Ages eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 462 pages of information about Legends of the Middle Ages.
  accompanies Gunther to Issland, 59;
  promises to avenge Brunhild, 65;
  deceives Kriemhild, 66;
  kills Siegfried, 67;
  glories in his treachery, 68;
  the touch of, 69;
  hatred of Kriemhild for, 70;
  seizes hoard, 71;
  welcomes Ruediger, 71;
  warns Burgundians, 72, 74;
  Kriemhild plans to have revenge upon, 73;
  swan maidens and, 75;
  adventure at the ferry, 76;
  receives shield from Ruediger, 77;
  Etzel welcomes, 78;
  alliance with Volker, 78;
  frightens Huns, 79;
  kills Ortlieb, 80;
  Kriemhild offers reward for death of, 81;
  Kriemhild asks surrender of, 82;
  Dietrich asks surrender of, 83;
  captivity and death of, 84;
  a hostage of Etzel, 124;
  loses an eye, 125;
  Aldrian son of, 127. 
HALF’DAN.  I. Friend of Viking, 247;
  makes friends with Njorfe, 248;
  Viking’s sons visit, 249. 
HALF’DAN II.  Son of Bele, 251;
  character of, 252;
  king of Sogn, 253;
  guardian of Ingeborg, 255;
  Sigurd Ring wars against, 256;
  Frithiof wars against, 267. 
HAL’O-GA-LAND.  North Norway called, 246. 
HAL’O-GE.  Same as Loki, rules Halogaland, 246;
  Viking the grandson of, 247. 
HAM.  Witch summoned by Helge, 258. 
HAR’DRED. Son of Hygelac, reign of, 18. 
HAR’LUNGS.  Sibich betrays the, 123. 
HART’MANN VON AUE, 204. 
HART’MUT.  Prince of Normandy, 28;
  kidnaps Gudrun, 29;
  Gudrun refuses to marry, 29;
  rescues Gudrun from drowning, 30;
  prepares to marry Gudrun, 32;
  rescues Gudrun, 33;
  saved by Gudrun, 33;
  a captive, 34;
  marries Hergart, and is released, 34. 
HAS’SAN.  Name assumed by Huon in Tunis, 177. 
HAST’INGS I. Battle of, 130. 
HAST’INGS II.  Foster father of Sigurd the Snake-eyed, 275;
  and Ragnar’s sons, 276;
  strategy of, 277. 
HA’WART.  Death of, 81. 
HEC’TOR, SIR.  Arthur fostered by, 210, 214;
  visit of to London, 215;
HED’IN.  Lover of Hilde, 22;
  same as Hettel, 25. 
HE’GE-LING LEGEND, 23. 
HE’GE-LINGS.  Family of the, 23;
  Hettel king of the, 25;
  Hilde flees with the, 27;
  at the Wuelpensand, 29;
  come to Normandy, 32;
  return home, 34. 
HEID.  Witch summoned by Helge, 258. 
HEI’ME.  Challenges Dietrich, 115;
  becomes a brigand, 117;
  steals Mimung, 121;
  forced to restore Mimung, 122. 
HEI’MIR.  Protector of Aslaug, 274. 
HEIN’RICH VON OF’TER-DING-EN, 86. 
HELCHE.  Wife of Etzel, 71, 124;
  daughter of Rother and Oda, 94. 
HEL’DEN-BUCH.  The “Book of Heroes,” 86, 128. 
HEL’EN I. Mother of Lancelot, 219. 
HEL’EN II.  In mediaeval literature, kidnaping of, 304. 
HEL’E-NUS.  Descendants of in Greece, 307. 
HEL’GE.  Son of Bele, 251;
  refuses to give Ingeborg to Frithiof, 255;
  rejects Sigurd Ring, 255;
  makes treaty with Sigurd Ring, 256;
  accuses Frithiof of sacrilege, 257;
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