German myths and legends / by Donald A. Mackenzie ; illustrated by Gustave Doré and other artists of the nineteenth century.

Reprint. Originally published: Teutonic myth and legend. London : Gresham Pub. Co., 1912. With new foreword.

Includes index.

Story of creation -- The nine worlds -- The deeds of Odin -- How evil entered Asgard -- The Winter War -- Triumph of love -- The lost sword of victory -- Fall of Asgard -- The gods reconciled -- Loke's evil progeny -- Thor's great fishing -- The City of Enchantments -- Thor in peril -- The great stone giant -- Balder the Beautiful -- The binding of Loke -- The dusk of the gods -- The coming of Beowulf -- Conflict with demons -- Beowulf and the dragon -- Hother and Balder -- The traditional Hamlet -- Hamlet's storm-mill -- Land of the not-dead and many marvels -- The doom of the Volsungs -- How Sigmund was avenged -- Helgi Hundingsbane -- Sigurd the dragon slayer -- The last of the Volsungs -- Gudrun's vengeance -- Siegfried and the Nibelungs -- The promise of Kriemhild -- How Brunhild and Kriemhild were won -- The betrayal of Siegfried -- The Nibelungen tragedy -- Dietrich of Bern -- The land of giants -- The wonderful rose garden -- Virginal, queen of the mountains -- Dietrich in exile -- The king's homecoming.