Chapter Vii. Heidelberg To Sackingen : p. 321 CHAPTER VII: HEIDELBERG TO SCKINGEN Heidelberg is known all over the world as one of Germany's great university towns, as the site of an unrivalled if ruined schloss, and of a view at the junction of the Rhine with the Neckar which is one of the most famous in the world. It lies between...
Untitled : This is Lewis Spence's retelling of the legends and sagas of the Rhine, particularly the lore of the portion which passes through western Germany, organized geographically from north to south. Many of these tales have supernatural or pagan elements, although most are set in the middle ages, with...
Introduction : p. v INTRODUCTION An abundance of literature exists on the subject of the Rhine and its legends, but with few exceptions the works on it which are accessible to English-speaking peoples are antiquated in spirit and verbiage, and their authors have been content to accept the first version of such...
Title Page And Front Matter : p. ii Front Cover and Spine Fr. Odin and Brunhild (page 270) "Ferd. Lecke". HERO TALES & LEGENDS OF THE RHINE BY LEWIS SPENCE F.R.A.I. AUTHOR OF "THE MYTHS OF MEXICO AND PERU THE MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS THE CIVILIZATION OF ANCIENT MEXICO" ETC. ETC. WITH SIXTEEN COLLOTYPES AFTER...
Chapter V. Falkenburg To Auerbach : p. 201 CHAPTER V: FALKENBURG TO AUERBACH THE LEGEND OF FALKENBURG In the imperial fortress of Falkenburg dwelt the beautiful Liba, the most charming and accomplished of maidens, with her widowed mother. Many were the suitors who climbed the hill to Falkenburg to seek the hand of Liba, for besides...
Chapter Iv. Drachenfels To Rheinstein : p. 152 CHAPTER IV: DRACHENFELS TO RHEINSTEIN THE DRAGON'S ROCK Among the many legends invented by the early Christian monks to advance their faith, there are few more beautiful than that attached to the Drachenfels, the Dragon's Rock, a rugged and picturesque mass of volcanic porphyry rising above...
Illustrations : p. xi ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page ODIN AND BRUNHILD HE ROSE ABRUPTLY AND LEFT THE ROOM 8 SEBILE AND BALDWIN 30 THE COURTYARD, HEIDELBERG CASTLE 44 OPPENHEIM ABBEY 52 THE LORELEI 60 VENUS AND TANNHUSER 78 COUNT SIEGFRIED DISCOVERS HIS WIFE AND CHILD 84 THE CASTLE OF CLEVES 92 LOHENGRIN OVERCOMES...
Chapter I. Topographical And Historical : p. 1 CHAPTER I: TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL There are many rivers whose celebrity is of much greater antiquity than that of the Rhine. The Nile and the Ganges are intimately associated with the early history of civilization and the mysterious beginnings of wisdom; the Tiber is eloquent of th...
Chapter Ii. The Rhine In Folklore And Literature : p. 59 CHAPTER II: THE RHINE IN FOLKLORE AND LITERATURE AFFINITIES OF THE RHINE LEGENDS A close perusal of the body of tradition known as the legends of the Rhine displays one circumstance which is calculated to surprise the collector of these narratives not a little. It is generally...
Chapter Vi. Worms And The Nibelungenlied : p. 258 CHAPTER VI: WORMS AND THE NIBELUNGENLIED Worms is celebrated as the locality of the "Nibelungenlied" and the epic of "Walthar of Aquitaine". But it has other claims to fame. Before entering on the consideration of Germany's greatest epic we will recount several of the lesser legends...
Glossary And : p. 357 For clarity, I've changed subheadings in the index from numerals to italicized lowercase letters, e.g. "a"., "b"., "c".--JBH GLOSSARY AND INDEX p. 359 A AAR. Tributary of the Rhine, 6 ABELING, T. And the historical theory of the origin of the "Nibelungenlied", 307 ABRAHAM. A Jew;...
Chapter Iii. Cleves To The Lowenburg : p. 92 CHAPTER III: CLEVES TO THE LWENBURG LOHENGRIN The tale or myth of the Knight of the Swan who came to the succour of the youthful Duchess of Brabant is based upon motives more or less common in folklore--the enchantment of human beings into swans, and the taboo whereby, as in the case...
Map : MAP Map of the Rhine (188Kb) Detail of Map of the Rhine (137 Kb) The map was originally bound into the back of the book.--JBH
