nected with it? Relate the two tests applied to the sword. Of Gripir's Foretelling State in your own words Gripir's prophecy. In what spirit does Sigurd leave Gripir? Sigurd rideth to the Glittering Heath Why is there so great a difference in the spirit of the two men as Sigurd and Regin ride toward the treasure? Describe Sigurd's first view of the Glittering Heath. Has the author created a feeling of suspense as the episode closes? Sigurd slayeth Fafnir the Serpent Does the introduction of the Wise One on the Glittering Heath remind you of the witches in Macbeth? Is there appropriateness in Fafnir's last days being spent as a serpent crawling over his gold? Describe his death. Sigurd slayeth Regin the Master of Masters on the Glittering Heath Can you account for Regin's change of attitude toward Sigurd and the killing of Fafnir? Is there any significance in there being seven eagles about the fire? What do they tell Sigurd? Do you know an Uncle Remus folk story in which birds give warning? How Sigurd took to him the Treasure of What do you think the treasure was like? Is the love that Sigurd and Brynhild felt for each other more instantaneous than that Arthur felt for Guinevere when he first saw her? An interesting study could be made of the use of nature in this and other episodes. GENERAL SUGGESTIONS If you are interested in this section of Sigurd the Volsung, read the other three parts. Read also the Nibelungenlied, which contains this story and all the German heroic material. Are the Norns similar in any respects to the Greek Fates? Wagner, the great composer, utilized these themes in his operas Der Ring des Nibelungen. EPIC BIBLIOGRAPHY Annesley, Charles: The Standard Opera Glass. Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Chivalry. Dickinson, W. Howship: King Arthur in Cornwall. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1900 Du Chaillu, Paul B.: The Viking Age. 2 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, 1889 Eastman, Charles A.: The Soul of the Indian. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, 1911 Fairbanks, Arthur: The Mythology of Greece and Rome. D. Appleton and Company. New York, 1907 Froude, James A.: English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, 1895 Gayley, Charles M.: Classic Myths in English Literature. Ginn and Company. Boston, 1893 Gilman, Arthur: Saracens. (Story of the Nations Series.) G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, 1886 Grinnell, George B.: Blackfoot Lodge Tales. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, 1892 Grinnell, George B.: Story of the Indian. D. Appleton and Company. New York, 1895 Guerber, H. A.: The Book of the Epic. J. B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia, 1913 Guerber, H. A.: Legends of the Middle Ages. American Book Company. New York, 1896 Guerber, H. A.: Myths of Northern Lands. American Book Company. New York, 1895 Hale, Edward Everett: Spain. (Story of the Nations Series.) G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, 1886 Hight, George A., tr.: The Saga of Grettir the Strong. (Everyman's Library.) E. P. Dutton & Company. New York, n.d. Hunting, Harold B.: Hebrew Life and Times. The Abingdon Press. New York, 1921 Joyce, Patrick W.: Old Celtic Romances. Longmans, Green & Co. New York, 1907 Keightley, Thomas: The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy. G. Bell and Sons. London, 1896 Lawrence, William W.: Medieval Story and the Social Ideals of English-speaking People. Columbia University Press. New York, 1911 Maccallum, M. W.: Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Arthurian Story from the XVIth Century. James Maclehose and Sons. Glasgow, 1894 MacGregor, Mary: Stories of the Vikings. E. P. Dutton & Company. New York, n.d. Mahaffy, J. P.: Social Life in Greece from Homer to Menander. The Macmillan Company. New York, 1888 Manatt, J. Irving: Aegean Days. Houghton Maynadier, Howard: The Arthur of the Mommsen, Theodor: The History of Rome. Vol. I. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, 1895 Moulton, Richard G.: World Literature and O'Sheridan, Mary G.: Gaelic Folk Tales. The Raleigh, Walter: Milton. G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, 1900 Rhys, Sir John: Early Britain. Celtic Britain. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. London, 1908 Rhys-Davids, T. W.: Buddhist India. (Story of the Nations Series.) G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, 1903 Seymour, Thomas D.: Life in the Homeric Age. The Macmillan Company. New York, 1908 Starr, Frederick: American Indians. D. C. Heath & Co. Boston, 1898 Tappan, Eva M.: When Knights Were Bold. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, 1911 Villari, Pasquale: Mediaval Italy. T. Fisher Unwin. London, 1910. Wade, G. W.: Old Testament History. E. P. Dutton & Company. New York, 1910 Williams, Mary W.: Social Scandinavia in the Viking Age. The Macmillan Company. New York, 1920 |