Northern mythology

INDEX.
A.
AaLBORG, secret passages under,
245.
Aarhuus Cathedral, anecdotes of, 252.
Aasgaardsreia or Wild Hunt, description
of, 25. See Wild Hunt.
Abel (King), account of Mm and his
hunt, 198.
Absalon (Bp.), anecdote attending his
birth, 226 ; of his death, 227.
Aerolites, 52.
Altar-cups. See Cups.
Ague, cure for the, 277.
Andrew (St.) of Slagelse, legend of,
258.
Animals, Mystic, 83.
Ardea nigra or Odin's swallow, 51.
Asker (Bp.), 224.
Axel Thordsen and Fair Valdborg,
story of, 43.
Axle-tree supported by Trolls and
spectres, 260, 265.
B.
Basilisk, account of the, 212, 276.
Bear, 84, 277.
Belief (Popular), Swedish, 108-113 ;
Danish, 270.
Bergtagning, 67.
Berg-trolls, 56, 63, 83.
Biaraan or Bare, account of the, 105.
Bierg-riser, 4.
Bille family, origin of their arms, 238.
Biorn, the Swede, 59.
Blakulle, 84, 105.
Blocksberg, witches ride to, 185.
Bondevette, story of, 139.
Bordesholm, altar-piece at, removed
to Sleswig, 255.
Bornholm, Trolls in, 125, 126.
Botrad, 71.
Bottle, the half-full, 239.
Brok (Eske), anecdote of, 238.
Brownie described, 165.
Briiggemann (Hans) carves the altarpiece
of Sleswig cathedral, 255.
Brunmigi, account of the, 23.
Bullet of silver, virtue of, 6, 191, 192,
275.
Buris (Prince), his amoiir with Kirsten,
232.
Butter, witches', 106.
Button (Silver). See Bullet.
C.
Cats, witches in the form of, 32.
Cattle transformed to mice, 11.
Changelings, anecdotes of, 174, 175.
Children, superstitions concerning,
276.
Christmas or Yule pastimes in Sweden,
description of, 49 ; customs
at, 107.
Christmas celebrated by the Trolls, 89.
Christmas, superstitions of, 272.