1Preface
53“Playing on the lawn”
2Chronicles and Chroniclers
54“Thence came maidens”
3The Eddas
55“She saw Valkyries“
4Lady Sun
56Various Parts of the Darraðarljóð
5Lady Moon
57“She was called Heiði“
6Part I: The First Women of the Icy North
58“Gunnlöð gave me drink”
7The Age of the Völur
59The Old Norse literature
8The Beginning and the End
60Certain Songs of the Poetic Edda Related to the Gods
9Hyndla
61Völuspá
10The Wakened Völva
62Hávamál
11The Age of Goddesses
63Vafþrúðnismál
12Menglöð – The Realm
64Grímnismál
13Freyja – The Woman
65Skírnismál (För Skírnis)
14Gullveig – The War
66Hárbarðsljóð
15The Age of the Nornir
67Hymiskviða
16The Genesis of Humankind
68Lokasenna
17Beneath the World Tree
69Þrymskviða (Hamarsheimt)
18The Cloth of Fate
70Alvíssmál
19The Age of the Valkyries
71Baldrs draumar (Vegtamskviða)
20Mistresses of Death
72Rígsþula (Rígsmál)
21Swan Maidens
73Hyndluljóð & Völuspá hin skamma
22The Dísir
74Gróttasöngr
23Part II: The Age of Transition
75Svipdagsmál
24The Transformation of the Völur
76Darraðarljóð
25Goddesses sans Thrones
77Hrafnagaldr Óðins (Forspjallsljóð)
26After Menglöð
78Snorri Sturluson: Prose Edda (a Brief Overview)
27Twins and Incest
79Prologue
28Divine Nornir on Earth
80Gylfaginning
29Variations on the Valkyries
81Skáldskaparmál
30Óðin’s Women
82Nafnaþulur
31The Serving Girls
83Háttatal
32The Pseudo-Valkyries
84Skáldatal
33Part III: The Vision from the Past
85Snorri Sturluson: Heimskringla
34Vestiges of the Realm of Women
86Historical writings and Collections
35Women’s World, Men’s World
87Íslendingabók – Book of Icelanders
36Women’s Legacy
88Landnámabók – Book of Settlements
37Appendices
89Hauksbók – Haukr’s Book
38Old Norse Language, Words and Texts
90Flateyjarbók – The Book of Flat Island
39The Alphabet
91Miscellaneous additions
40Old Norse Words
92Baugr and the Viking Marriage
41Kennings
93Spinning and Weaving
42Galdralag
94The Tree that Reached the Sky
43Translation
95The Mandorla
44Family Names
96Venuses
45Old Norse Words and Texts
97Geography Primer
46“Silence I bid”
98Acknowledgments
47“Tell me, Fjölsviðr“
99List of Abbreviations
48“A small sword will be ready”
100Book references
49“The Æsir were assembled”
101Manuscript references
50“Óðin hurled”
102Old Norse Text References
51“There are three pure sisters”
103Web references
52“She remembers the war“
104List of Illustrations
