Frey and his Wife

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Action & Adventure Fiction

Authors: Maurice Henry Hewlett In Year : 1917

Book Language: English

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Who and what was Ogmund Ravensson and why called Ogmund Dint
How Ogmund Dint did nothing, and presently sailed home to Thwartwater, and what Battle-Glum thought about it all
Of King Olaf Trygvasson, and of Sigurd Helming and Gunnar, his brother
Ogmund Dint comes again to Norway, and meets Gunnar on the Hard of Drontheim
Ogmund Dint satisfies himself, and sails Home
The Hue-and-Cry for Halward Neck
Gunnar crosses the Mountains
Gunnar in the Forest hears tell of Frey and his Wonders
Gunnar meets with Frey. Concerning Frey's Wife
Talk between Gunnar and Sigrid
Gunnar turns Frey about against Frey's Will
The Winter Feasts
Frey makes Ready to go his Rounds
Frey Starts on his Rounds
The Snowstorm
Marriage of Sigrid
Morrow of the Storm
News of Frey reaches Norway
Sigurd in Sweden. The Battle of the Ford
The End of the Tale

Frey and his Wife is a Nordic Saga, but written in a saga style by a 20th Century Englishman. It tells the tale of Gunnar, a Norwegian wrongly accused of murder who flees across the mountains to the pagan forests of Sweden. There he meets 'Frey' a Norse god, and a young woman who has become his wife. Animosity develops between Frey and Gunnar over the local ritual of human sacrifice which leads to an interesting outcome. The tale develops themes of religion, idolatry, and love, set in the time when Christianity was starting to displace pagan religion in Scandinavia. (Kevin Green)