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INDEX

Nanna, Baldr's wife, 41, 73, 74, 89, 111, 129.
Nár, a dwarf, 26.
Nari or Narfi, son of Loki and Sigyn, 42, 77, 114.
Nástrand, 82.
Nefir, a son of Hálfdan the Old, 230.
Nep, Nanna's father, 41, 73.
Nid, a river emptying into Trondhjem Bay, 223.
Nida Fells, 82.
Nídhöggr, the serpent that gnaws the root of Yggdrasill, 27, 29, 30, 213.
Nidi, a dwarf, 26.
Niflheim, the Mist-World, 17, 27, 42.
Niflhel, the Misty Hell, 55.
Niflungs, 155, 157, 174, 230.
Night, 136.
Night, the goddess of the night, 22.
Nikarr, a name of Odin, 15.
Nikudr, a name of Odin, 15.
Nípingr, a dwarf, 26.
Niz, the river Nissan in Sweden, 229.
Njáll of the Burning, an Icelandic skald and, lawyer of the tenth century, 219.
Njördr, reckoned among the Æsir, but originally of the Vanir, 36, 48, 89, 92, 111, 112, 129, 143.
Noah, 3. Noah's Ark, 3.
Nóatún, Njördr's abode, 36 ff., 92.
Nordri, a dwarf, 26, 133. See North.
Nordrsetudrápa, a poem by Sveinn, 141.
Nóri, a dwarf, 26.
Norns: the three Norns, the Germanic Fates, 28-30, 143; the minor norns, 29.
North, a dwarf, 20.
Norway, settled by Odin, 9; mentioned, 170, 188, 199, 218, 226, 233.
Nýi, a dwarf, 26.
Nýr, a dwarf, 26.
Nýrádr, a dwarf, 26.
Nyt, a river, 52.
Nönn, a river, 52.
Nörfi or Narfi, a giant, father of Night, 22.
Nöt, a river, 152.

Odin or Vóden, son of Fríallaf or Fridleifr, 7; migrates from Turkland to the North, 7-9.
Odin (to be identified with the above), son of Borr and Bestla, and supreme deity of the pagan Scandinavians, 19, 27, 28, 31, 33, 36, 38, 45, 48, 50-53, 72-75, 79-81, 89, 92, 94-107, 109, 111, 113-116, 127-129, 124, 127-129, 131, 132, 136, 137, 143, 145, 146, 149-152, 161, 180-183, 186, 190, 206, 214, 218, 225, 226, 233, 234.