Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine

Project Gutenberg's Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine, by Lewis Spence This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Author: Lewis Spence Release Date: August 17, 2005 [EBook #16539] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HERO TALES OF THE RHINE *** Produced by Steve Pond HERO TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE RHINE By Lewis Spence (1874-1955) Originally published: Hero tales & legends of the Rhine. London; New York: George C. Harrap, 1915. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I—TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL CHAPTER II—THE RHINE IN FOLKLORE AND LITERATURE CHAPTER III—CLEVES TO THE LÖWENBURG LEGENDS OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE CHAPTER IV—DRACHENFELS TO RHEINSTEIN CHAPTER V—FALKENBURG TO AUERBACH CHAPTER VI—WORMS AND THE NIBELUNGENLIED CHAPTER VII—HEIDELBERG TO SÄCKINGEN Conclusion 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 legends and traditions as came their way without submitting them to any critical examination.