(/) Narrative Poetry — F. B. Gummere's Oldest English Epic,
Boston, 1909, contains in translation ^Hhe entire salvage
from oldest narrative poetry of the West-Germanic
peoples." On the Germanic Epic, see Otto Jiriczek,
Northern Hero Legends (1902), tr. M. B. Smith, in Dent's
Temple Primers; an excellent and inexpensive hand-
book, of which the German ed. {Deutsche Heldensage) in
the Sammlung Goschen is in some respects better.
W. P. Ker, Epic and Romance, London, 1908.
B. Symons, Heldensage, in Paul's Grundriss^ III, xiv.
R. Kogel, Geschichte der Deutschen Litteratur, Strass-
burg, 1894-97, Vol. I.
W. M. Hart, Ballad and Epic, in Harvard Studies and
Notes, xi, Boston, 1907.
An English translation of Axel Olrik's very important
Danmarks Heltedigtning, I, Copenhagen, 1903, (Part II,
1910), is announced.
For Germanic religions see P. D. Chantepie de la
Saussaye, The Religion of the Teutons, Boston, 1902.
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1. Widsith — Exeter Book. W.W. Lawrence, Structure and

Interpretation of Widsithy Mod. Phil. IV, 2, 329 ff.
2. Waldere — Two short fragments found and published in

Copenhagen by G. Stephens, i860. M. Learned, The
Saga of Walter of AquitaitUy Vol. VII, i, of PMLA.,
1892.
3. Beowulf and the Finnsburg Fragrment

Bibliography — Brandl, pp. loi 5-1024, very full ; also
F. Holthausen, Beowulf ^ Vol. II, ix-xx.
Editions and Text Criticism — By far the best ed. is
the Heyne text, revised by L. L. Schiicking, 8th ed.,
Paderborn, 1908, containing also the Finnsburg Frag-
ment and full bibliographical and textual notes. F.
