R
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
Raging Host. Same as Wild Hunt, 23, 26
Ragnar Lodbrog (rȧg′nar lŏd′brog). Aslaug marries, 281
Ragnarok (rȧg′nȧ-rok). Heimdall to announce, 14; murder, precursor of, 223; recruits for battle at, 265; the tragedy of, 330, 337; comparisons, 341, 361; Fenris dies at, 357
Ran. Wife of Ægir, 186, 193; sister of Loki, 217; Loki makes a net like, 226; Loki borrows net of, 272; compared to Amphitrite, 359; Frithiof provides tribute for, 313
Randwer (rȧnd′ver). The death of, 295
Rat Tower. In the Rhine, 30
Ratatosk (rä′tȧ-tosk). Squirrel, telltale, 13; equivalent, 347
Rati (rä′tē). Odin’s auger, 98
Regin (rā′gin). Sigurd educated by, 269; the story of, 270–274; sword forged by, 274; Sigurd to slay Fafnir for, 275; demands satisfaction, 276; death of, 277
Reine Pédauque (rān-pā-dōk′). Frigga same as, 56
Renown. Compared to Heimdall, 356
Rerir (rā′rir). Son of Odin, receives apple, 48, 252; Greek equivalent for story of, 296
Resurrection. Word whispered by Odin, 33, 206
Rhine. Tower in the, 29; gold of the, 177, 251; divinity of the, 195, 359; Lorelei in the, 194–196; Brunhild and Gudrun bathe in the, 286; hoard sunk in the, 292
Riesengebirge (rē′zen-ge-bēr-ge). Giant mountains, 232, 362
Riger (rē′ger). Heimdall visits earth as, 151
Rinda (rin′dȧ). Wife of Odin, 38, 213; prophecy concerning, 156, 201; Odin courts, 162, 213; Greek equivalents, 345, 357
Ring. Viking’s son, 300
Ringric (ring′-ric). Sigurd Ring, king of, 308; Frithiof in, 325
Ringhorn. Balder’s pyre on, 206, 207; Greek equivalent, 360
Rodenstein (rō′den-stīn). Wild Hunt led by, 25, 26
Romans. Æsir driven from Asia Minor by, 39; Vitellius, prefect, 87; Christianity, 249
Rome. Tannhäuser visits, 54; Vitellius, emperor of, 87
Roskva (ros′kvȧ). Thor’s servant, 69
Rossthiof (ros′thyẽf). The prophecy of, 155, 156, 157, 162, 164, 201; compared, 357
Rosterus (ros′ter-us). Odin as smith, 163
Rügen (rē′gen). Nerthus’s worship on island of, 57
Runes (ro͞onz). Odin masters and uses, 33, 96, 197, 200
Russia. Æsir migrate to, 39; name for, 156
Ruthenes (ru-thē′nez). Odin visits the land of the, 156, 162