Chapters (32)
- THE DANISH HISTORY, BOOKS I-IX
- Saxo Grammaticus
- ("Saxo the Learned") fl. Late 12th - Early 13th Century A.D.
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- ORIGINAL TEXT—
- INTRODUCTION.
- SAXO'S POSITION.
- LIFE OF SAXO.
- THE HISTORY.
- HISTORY OF THE WORK.
- THE MSS.
- SAXO AS A WRITER.
- FOLK LORE INDEX.
- POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
- CUSTOMARY LAW.
- STATUTE LAWS.
- WAR.
- SOCIAL LIFE AND MANNERS.
- SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.
- FUNERAL RITES AND MAN'S FUTURE STATE.
- MAGIC AND FOLK-SCIENCE.
- FOLK-TALES.
- SAXO'S MYTHOLOGY.
- THE DANISH HISTORY OF SAXO GRAMMATICUS.
- PREFACE.
- BOOK ONE.
- BOOK TWO
- BOOK THREE.
- BOOK FOUR.
- BOOK FIVE.
- BOOK EIGHT.
- BOOK NINE.
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