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CONTENTS.
PAGE The Story of Hagen 121 The Vengeance of Kriemhild 124 Historical Element in the Nibelungen Lied 126 The Story of Walthar of Aquitaine 128 Dietrich of Bern 130 The Great Rose Garden 131 The Romance of Roland 132 The Romance of Arthur 133 The Birth and Youth of Arthur 133 The Round Table and the San Greal 135 Arthur's Knights 136 Lancelot and Guinevere 138 The Death of Arthur 139 Guinevere and Diarmaid 139 Later Mediæval Epics and Romances 140 Saga Literature of Europe 141 The Grettir Saga 141 The Character of Grettir 142 Materials of the Saga 143 Grettir and Boots 144 Parallelisms between the Grettir Saga and other Myths 144 The Avenging of Grettir 146 BOOK II. CHAPTER I. THE ETHEREAL HEAVENS. Section I.—DYAUS. Ideas of the Heaven 148 The Glistening Ether 148 Dyaus and Prithivĭ 150 Ideas denoted by the Name Dyu 150 Section II.—VARUṆA AND MITRA. The Solid Heaven 151 Moral Aspects of Varuṇa 152 Aryan Monotheism 153 Aditi and the Âdityas 154 The Physical and Spiritual Varuṇa 156 Section III.—INDRA. The Primary Conception of Indra purely Physical 157 Action of the Vedic and Achaian Deities 158 The Greek Mythology not borrowed from the Vedic 159 Indra, a God of the Bright Heaven 159 Meaning of the Name 159 The Might and Majesty of Indra 160 Indra the Rain-bringer 161 Physical Conflict between Light and Darkness 162 The Wife of Indra 163