{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/morris/thow/index.htm","path":"neu/morris/thow/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/morris/thow/index.htm","text":"| | The House of the Wolfings by William Morris [1889] | \n \n \n \n \n Contents\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n Start Reading\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n Text [Zipped]\n \n \n \n This is one of William Morris' fantasy books, set in the world of the\n ancient Germanic Gothic tribes.\n J.R.R. Tolkien acknowledged the literary influence of this book,\n as well as The Roots of the Mountains,\n published in the same year.\n In this book, Morris' Goths live in a land called the Mark on a river\n in the forest of Mirkwood, in ancent Germany.\n They worship the Germanic gods Tyr and Odin by horse-sacrifice.\n Morris' Goths have shamans who can see the future.\n They repel an invasion by the Romans, led by a war leader with a mysterious\n piece of cursed dwarf-forged armor.\n \n \n \n Title Page\n Contents\n Chapter I\u2014The Dwellings of Mid-Mark\n Chapter II\u2014The Flitting of the War-Arrow\n Chapter III\u2014Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun\n Chapter Iv\u2014The House Fareth to the War\n Chapter V\u2014Concerning the Hall-Sun\n Chapter VI\u2014They Talk on the Way to the Folk-Thing\n Chapter VII\u2014They Gather to the Folk-Mote\n Chapter VIII\u2014The Folk-Mote of the Markmen\n Chapter IX\u2014The Ancient Man of the Daylings\n Chapter X\u2014That Carline Cometh to the Roof of the Wolfings\n Chapter XI\u2014The Hall-Sun Speaketh\n Chapter XII\u2014Tidings of the Battle in Mirkwood\n Chapter XIII\u2014The Hall-Sun Saith Another Word\n Chapter XIV\u2014The Hall-Sun is Careful Concerning the Passes of the Wood\n Chapter XV\u2014They Hear Tell of the Battle on the Ridge\n Chapter XVI\u2014How the Dwarf-Wrought Hauberk Was Brought Away From the Hall of the Daylings\n Chapter XVII\u2014The Wood-Sun Speaketh With Thiodolf\n Chapter XVIII\u2014Tidings Brought to the Wain-Burg\n Chapter XIX\u2014Those Messengers Come to Thiodolf\n Chapter XX\u2014Otter and His Folk Come into Mid-Mark\n Chapter XXI\u2014They Bicker About the Ford\n Chapter XXII\u2014Otter Falls on Against his Will\n Chapter XXIII\u2014Thiodolf Meeteth the Romans in the Wolfing Meadow\n Chapter XXIV\u2014The Goths are Overthrown by the Romans\n Chapter XXV\u2014The Host of the Markmen Cometh into the Wild-Wood\n Chapter XXVI\u2014Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun\n Chapter XXVII\u2014They Wend to the Morning Battle\n Chapter XXVIII\u2014Of the Storm of Dawning\n Chapter XXI\u2014Of Thiodolf's Storm\n Chapter XXX\u2014Thiodolf is Borne out of the Hall and Otter is Laid Beside Him\n Chapter XXXI\u2014Old Asmund Speaketh Over the War-Dukes: the Dead are Laid in Mound","title":"The House of the Wolfings Index","type":"page"}