CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Memoir of the Author | xvii |
INTRODUCTION.
| Origin | xliii |
| Diffusion | lvii |
| Norse Mythology | lxxxi |
| Norse Popular Tales | cviii |
| Conclusion | clxi |
TALES.
| True and Untrue | 1 |
| Why the Sea is Salt | 8 |
| The Old Dame and her Hen | 14 |
| East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon | 22 |
| Boots who ate a Match with the Troll | 36 |
| Hacon Grizzlebeard | 39 |
