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Andvaris Ring ’ A n dvari s Rin g Arth ur Peterson ’ n m n G . P . Put a s So s New York and London Ube ‘k nicherbocket Dress 1 9 1 6 NOTE THE m 3 Rin story of Andva g , of Sigurd and Gunter , of Brynhild and Gudrun , has always had a strong hold upon the human heart . Centuries ago it was a favourite theme of the old Norse - skalds and saga men , and in later days many a poet , dramatist , and musician has yielded to its fascination . William Morris has turned it into modern English verse , and Richard Wagner has woven from it the mightiest of his music - dramas . It has been told and re told by so many people , and in such a variety of ways , that no excuse is offered by the writer for adding one more variation to the collection . In the following poem the hero is depicted as a young Norse rover , a wanderer not only by land but by sea , this latter innovation seeming to lend itself quite naturally to the established legend . The action is supposed to take place about th e middle of the fifth century , that eventful period which may be said to mark the end of the an f . cient , and the beginning o the modern world This ancient story , which is found in its oldest known form in the Icelandic Eddas , !collections 111 iv N o te c of prose and verse in the Icelandi , or Old Norse , language! , is probably based partly upon nature myths common to the whole Aryan Race , and partly upon an actual historic occurrence ; but or when , where , by whom the tale was first put n together no o e knows . It is found in the literature of all the peoples of Northern Europe ; and it was an especial favourite among the of Norse races who , after the withdrawal the Roman garrisons , settled in such preponderating r . numbe s in Britain It is natural , therefore , that it should be popular among the descendants — of those raées the English- speaking peoples of today . of The best blood Norway , Sweden , and Den mark !or what is commonly known as Sc andina via! seems to have passed over into the British Isles during the long period of colonization !about si! hundred years! between the fifth and the eleventh centuries ; not only by direct migration of and settlement , but by the indirect route Normandy ; for William the Conqueror and his Normans , though they had French names , were probably in lineage at least half Norse . By the best blood I mean not so much the best conducted and most peaceable persons , as the a dventur most energetic , aggressive , daring and ous . And there is little doubt that it is to the of sea - descendants these restless , faring spirits that Great Britain owes her centuries of mari N o te ‘ time su rem ac - p y and over sea colonization . The English adventurers of the sixteenth and eight eenth on centuries were but repeating , a larger of f scale , the exploits their ancestors o a thou sand years before ; and the long line of ocean heroes , in which Drake and Nelson are perhaps the most conspicuous figures , had its beginning wh o in the bold Norse rovers , while England was “ ’ yet in the making , sailed forth upon the swan s ! road . This idea is touched upon in the chapter ’ entitled Erda s Prophecy . An attempt has been made in the course of the narrative , especially in the chapter entitled “ “ of Sigurd and Gudrun , and in The Song of Olaf the Red , to give the reader some idea the beautiful mythology of the Anglo - Saxon ol d Race . Though these gods and goddesses , of like those the Greeks and Romans , may no longer be worshipped as divine personages , yet the names of many of them survive and are in constant use in the English language of to day , the original meanings , however , being often of of forgotten . The name Easter , the goddess of Spring , of Hel or Hela , the goddess the under of world , Tyr , Odin , Thor , and Freya , after whom Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and of Friday are named , the first and second days the week being named in honour of the Sun and of the Moon , are a few the many examples which might be quoted . Though dissimilar , in many vi N o te respects , to the mythologies of the Greeks and the Romans , yet in many other respects the Anglo- Saxon mythology bears such a close re semblance to them that one cannot help think ing they originally formed one system , in that earlier time when the various branches of the one e Aryan family were people , dw lling in the highlands of Western Asia . The Burgundians , with whom the fortunes of so Sigurd become closely connected , and among whom he finally meets his death , were a Teutonic people whose former home had been the country between the Oder and the Vistula . They mi grated toward the west and south , and at the time of our story were settled in the valley of the of . upper Rhine , in the neighbourhood Worms The Burgundians afterward passed over into Gaul , and the territory occupied by them ulti mately became part of the celebrated Duchy f of Burgundy . After the death o Sigurd a new character appears upon the scene , the celebrated Attila ; and in his banquet to the Burgundians and the execution of Hagen we can discern - the outlines of a far off historic event . The Latin form Scandia has been used throughout the poem in preference to the com moner word Scandinavia , it being better suited to metrical composition . CONTENTS B OO! I S IGURD PREL UDE ’ I —G DRU s D R AM . u N E I —T HE C OMI OF SI I . NG GURD ’ I —T HE B Inc l u in Si ur r II . AN! UET ! d g g d s Nar a tive! V —THE O AM T I . T URN EN V —SI A G . GURD ND UDRUN V —IN O WAL I . THE DEN D V — ! Y II . THE VAL R — I ND VIII . S GURD A GUNTER — IX Y L -T1DE AT T C O T OF ! I G UN . U E HE UR NG TER ! Incl uding th e Song of Ol af th e Red! X - IN T GA . HE RDEN ’ XI —GuNTE R s SOLILO Y . ! U —H AND GI S H XII . AGEN EL ER ’ XIII —HAGE N s SOLILO Y . ! U ’ V —E S P O PH C Y XI . RDA R E C o n te n ts PAG E XV —T HE D AT OF SI . E H GURD — B S I T R I XVI . E DE HE H NE INTERLUDE B OO! II ATTILA —HA A A VA I I . GEN ND ND R ’ I - G uD RUN s LAM T I . EN II —C LA I S I . UD U V —T HE APPA ITIO I . R N ’ V - GUD RUN s SOLIL O Y . ! U ! - ATTILA A G VI . ND UDRUN — WA Ho VII . WES T RD ’ —T HE HALL OF ATTILA Inc l u in C l a u ius s VIII . ! d g d Story! IX —G AND A VA I . UDRUN ND R FI NALE PRELUDE IGU D S R I sing , a son of that dark north , ' Of that wild Scandian mother-land whence sprang sea- The tost hosts who , in that long ago, The bases of imperial England laid — one of Such as were they , he was that race Which ever loved to ride the restless waves , Or in grey Scandia , its ancestral home , Dwelling , or in the Isles Of Britain , where ’ : Later it throve men with the eagle s heart , - Storm nurtured , calm amid the swirling seas , Wanderers upon the deep until this day . —hi s s . Sigurd birth , his life , his death , I ing And Thou , O Muse , without whose aid divine My lips , however willing , must be mute , Thee I beseech my numbers to inspire . : Come Goddess now I reverently attend . GUD RUN ’S DREAM THE fair Gudrun , in her bower beside the Rhine , On three successive nights had dreamed a dream , u Piteous , distressful ; and to Urs la , ’ D ancrat s W Her mother, good King idowed queen , h er f She thus , with tears , unburdened ull heart Dear mother, whilst I slept within my bower, On three successive nights to me hath come A dream whereof the meaning I know not , Piteous , distressful ; for methought I loved A white gyrfalcon , more than aught else seemed , me In the whole world , this gallant bird to , so With eyes bright , and plumage like the snow . He from his home in the far north had flown Southward to Burgundy ; I myself had tamed His wandering spirit , and upon my hand ’ sat Content he whene er I rode afield , ' G u d r u n s D r e a m 5 h em What time the we hunted with our hawks . But - one thrice sorrowful day , as into air 10 ! Swiftly he rose , sighting his quarry , TWO eagles fierce , wheeling from out the hills In circles vast , inexorable , grim , Beset and slew him ; and methought my grief Was like the grief of her who loses all Or what seems all when Death hath struck his blow W The ife her husband or the mother her child . Then spoke Queen Ursula : solicitude D welt in her voice , disquiet in her mien Oft in our dreams the future lives , and thus , My daughter , do I read thy vision wild .
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