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Seeing this, the coward Loki turned and fled.

And Asgard... was rid of him forever chapter twelve chapter thirteen of ascard's stories The Punishment of Loki When Loki was driven out by the mighty Thor from Aegir's palace hall, he knew that He could never again be allowed to come among the gods in Asgard.

Many times had this mischievous fire god brought trouble and sorrow to the Asher, but now he had done the most cruel deed of all.

He had slain Borda the Good and had driven all light and joy from Asgard.

One passes from Gylfaginning to Skaldskaparmal with very little shock, in spite of the great difference in subject and treatment, which the author has attempted rather skillfully to modulate through a second dialogue.

The questioner this time is one Aegir, and replies are made by the god Bragi, famed for eloquence and the gift of poetic expression.

This intermediate dialogue, called Bragarreidur, or Bragi's Discourses, strikes the keynote of the entire book, and really reconciles the first section to the second and third, whose dissimilarity to Gylfaginning had led some scholars to believe that one or the other is not Snorri's work.

The god relates several adventures of the Aesir of the same character as those recounted in Gylfaginning, and concludes with a myth concerning the origin of the poetic art.

He is Ukathor, and to him are ascribed those mighty works which Hector wrought in Troy.

But this is the belief of men, that the Turks told of Ulysses and called him Loki, for the Turks were his greatest foes.

End of the Giffalganing Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Skuldska Parmal Sections 1 and 2 of the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson Translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, 1888-1971 This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine The Poesy of Skulds Section 1 A certain man was named Aegir or Hler.

He dwelt on the island which is now called Hler's Isle, and was deeply versed in black magic.

For long Odin spoke with him, and then he went across the wilderness where the grass and the bushes grew and where that horse grazed in readiness for the sudden journey.

He went toward the seashore where the Aesir and the Vanir were now gathered for the feast that old Aegir, the giant king of the sea, had offered them.

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Chapter 5.

Thor and Loki in the Giant's City.

All but a few of the dwellers of Asgard had come to the feast offered by Aegir the Old, the giant king of the sea.

Frigga, the queenly wife of Odin, was there, and Frey and Freya, Iduna, who guarded the apples of youth, and Bragi, her husband, Tyr, the great swordsman, and Njord, the god of the sea, Skadi, who wedded Njord and whose hatred for Loki was fierce, and Sif, whose golden hair was once shorn off by Loki the mischievous.

Translated by Rasmus B. Anderson.

Aegir's Journey to Asgard Aegir, who was well skilled in magic, once went to Asgard, where he met with a very good reception.

Supper time being come, the twelve mighty Aesir, Odin, Thor, Njord, Frey, Tyr, Heimdall, Bragi, Vidar, Vali, Ullur, Honir, and Forseti, together with the Asynjur, Frigga, Freyja, Gefion, Iduna, Gerda, Siguna, Fulla, and Nanna, seated themselves on their lofty doom seats in a hall around which were arranged swords of such surpassing brilliancy that no other light was requisite.

They continued long at table, drinking mead of a very superior quality.

While they were emptying their capacious drinking horns, Aegir, who sat next to Bragi, requested him to relate something concerning the Aesir.

Bragi instantly complied with his request by informing him of what had happened to Iduna.

End of section 81.

End of section 82 Section 83 of the Elder Eddas of Simon Sigfuson and the Younger Eddas of Snorri Sturluson This is a LibriVox recording.