PART III.   Myths Concerning the Creation of Man 126   Scef, the Original Patriarch 135   Borgar-Skjold, the Second Patriarch 143   Halfdan, the Third Patriarch 147   Halfdan's Enmity with Orvandel and Svipdag 151   Halfdan's Identity with Mannus 153   Sacred Runes Learned from Heimdal 159   Sorcery, the Reverse of Sacred Runes 165   Heimdal and the Sun Goddess 167   Loke Causes Enmity Between Gods and Creators 171   Halfdan Identical with Helge 180   The End of the Age of Peace 185   War with the Heroes from Svarin's Mound 194   Review of the Svipdag Myth 200   The World-War and its Causes 204   Myth Concerning the Sword Guardian 213   Breach Between Asas Vans. Siege of Asgard 235   Significance of the World-War 252   The War in Midgard. Hadding's Adventures 255   Position of the Divine Clans to the Warriors 262   Hadding's Defeat 268   Loke's Punishment 273   Original Model of the Bravalla Battle 281   The Dieterich Saga 285 PART IV.   Myth in Regard to the Lower World 306   Gudmund, King of the Glittering Plains 309   Ruler of the Lower World 312   Fjallerus and Hadingus in the Low World 317   A Frisian Saga, Adam of Bremen 319   Odainsaker and the Glittering Plains 321