Books with title Story of Siegfried

Legends of the Nibelungen hero, Siegfried, full of the mystery, awe, and poetry of the northern lands. They tell of how Siegfried forged the wondrous sword, Balmung, of his riding through flaming fire to awaken the maiden, Brunhild, and of the many other strange and daring deeds which he wrought. Many of the Norse myths are interwoven in the tale. The best rendition for children of the Siegfried legends, based on the Eddas, the Volsung Saga, and the Nibelungenlied. Suitable for ages 11 and up.

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - When the world was in its childhood, men looked upon the works of Nature with a strange kind of awe. They fancied that every thing upon the earth, in the air, or in the water, had a life like their own, and that every sight which they saw, and every sound which they heard, was caused by some intelligent being. All men were poets, so far as their ideas and their modes of expression were concerned, although it is not likely that any of them wrote poetry. This was true in regard to the Saxon in his chilly northern home, as well as to the Greek in the sunny southland. But, while the balmy air and clear sky of the south tended to refine men's thoughts and language, the rugged scenery and bleak storms of the north made them uncouth, bold, and energetic. Yet both the cultured Greek and the rude Saxon looked upon Nature with much the same eyes, and there was a strange resemblance in their manner of thinking and speaking. They saw, that, in all the phenomena which took place around them, there was a certain system or regularity, as if these were controlled by some law or by some superior being; and they sought, in their simple poetical way, to account for these appearances. They had not yet learned to measure the distances of the stars, nor to calculate the motions of the earth. The changing of the seasons was a mystery which they scarcely sought to penetrate. But they spoke of these occurrences in a variety of ways, and invented many charming, stories with reference to them, not so much with a view towards accounting for the mystery, as towards giving expression to their childlike but picturesque ideas.

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When the world was in its childhood, men looked upon the works of Nature with a strange kind of awe. They fancied that every thing upon the earth, in the air, or in the water, had a life like their own, and that every sight which they saw, and every sound which they heard, was caused by some intelligent being. All men were poets, so far as their ideas and their modes of expression were concerned, although it is not likely that any of them wrote poetry. This was true in regard to the Saxon in his chilly northern home, as well as to the Greek in the sunny southland. But, while the balmy air and clear sky of the south tended to refine men's thoughts and language, the rugged scenery and bleak storms of the north made them uncouth, bold, and energetic.

Mary Esther MacGregor nee Miller (1874-1961) was a Canadian author, who also wrote under the pseudonym Marian Keith. Born in Canada, she taught Sunday School and in 1909 married a Presbyterian minister. Some of her first stories were published in the Westminster Magazine. Her works include: Duncan Polite: The Watchman of Glenoro (1905), The Story of Saint Christopher (1905), Stories from Dante (1906), The Silver Maple: A Story of Upper Canada (1906), Stories of King Arthur's Knights (1907), The Netherlands (1907), Treasure Valley (1908), Stories of the Vikings (1908), Stories of Siegfried (1909), The Pilgrim's Progress (1910), 'Lizbeth of the Dale (1910), The Story of France (1911), The Story of Rome (1912), The Black Bearded Barbarian (1912), The Story of Greece (1914), The Pot O' Gold: At the End of the Rainbow (1914), Happy Heart Comes to Canada (1914), Little Miss Melody (1921), The Bells of St Stephen's (1922), A Gentleman Adventurer (1924), Under the Grey Olives (1927), Shining Towers (1935) and As A Watered Garden (1947).