1^6 the Edda analysed; "july 3. 



Fab. /. 2. (LI) Of Odin, Lok, and Haener. On a jour- 

 ney they try in vain to boil a bull which they have kill- 

 cd. An eagle sitting on a tree, cats it, and forces Lok 

 to swear that he will decoy Iduna and her apples. It is 

 Thiafse the giant metamorphosed. 



I 3. (LII) Thiafse carries off Iduna. Lok redeems 

 her. Thiafse sjain by the Asse. 



4. (LIII) Skada, daughter of Thiafse, marries 



Niord. 



Fab. //. 5. (LIV) Olvald, father of Thiafse, divided 

 his gold among his children by mouthfuls, whence gold 

 called The giants mouthful, &.c. 



Fab. ///. 6. (LV) The duel of Thor and Hrugner the 

 giant, whose weapon was a whetstone, and all whetstones 

 are parts of it. Hrugner slain. 



— — 7. (LVI) Groa, a 'witch, tries in vain to take out 

 a part of the whetstone which stuck in Thor's head. 



Fab. IV. 8. (LVII) Thor's journey to Geirod's town, 

 Geirod and his daughters slain. 



End of Brag'' s tales. 



Fab. V. 9. CLVIII) The Asae go to feast with iEger. 

 Lok kills the servant of -^ger. 



Fab. VI. 10. (LIX) Lok cuts off Sif's hair, and gets 

 from the dwarfs golden hair. The Ihip Skydbladuer, 

 Thor's hammer, <isfc. 



Fab. VII. J I. (LX) Origin of poetry. The gods and 

 Vans make a man. He is slain by two dwarfs, Fialar 

 and Galar, and his blood mixed with honey is poetry, 

 These dwarfs also kill Gilling, a giant, and his wife. 



■ 12. (LXI) Suttung, son of Gilling, imprisons the 



dwarfs, and gives the poetic draught to his daughter 

 Gunlauda, to keep, 



- 13. (^LXII) The Asse acquire poesy; Odin hires 



himself as a servant to Baug, brother of Suttung. He ca^., 



