purposes of sound merely—a preterite form has twice been used for a present tense, as in Ulfr sofnathi, “the wolf sleepeth.” Where authenticity, however, has harmonised with the dramatic idea, it has equally been the writer’s aim. Cornish, N.H., March, 1905. Cornish CHARACTERS CHARACTERS Of the Prologue Of the Prologue ODIN BALDUR THOR LOKI FENRIS FENRIS’S PACK FREYJA Of the Play Of the Play INGIMUND, Priest of Odin EGIL, a Hunter ARFI, a Dwarf, his brother