The A to Z of the Vikings 21. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age | 178 LONDON stories in the Prose Edda in which he plays a role that of the abduction of the goddess Idun sees him handing over Idun to the giant tjazi but then helping the sir to rescue her and the apples of youth that she guarded. Similarly when Thor lost his hammer to the giants he was accompanied by Loki on his journey to Jotunheim and Loki helped him to win it back see PrymskviSa . He also helped the gods get the better of the giant who built the wall around Asgard. On the negative side Loki was responsible for the death of Balder and as punishment was bound by the gods to a rock under dripping poison. The fetters with which he was bound are said to be the intestines of his son Vali who had been turned into a wolf that then devoured Loki s other son Narfi. Loki was only saved from death by his wife Sigyn who held a bowl to catch the poison. When Loki finally broke free from these fetters he led his offspring monsters and the inhabitants of Hel from the helm of his ship Naglfar against the gods in the final battle of Ragnarok. He and Heimdall kill each other in this battle. One of the most famous episodes from the Poetic Edda that concerns Loki is found in the mythological poem Lokasenna which records his verbal lambasting of virtually all of the Norse pagan deities. LONDON. The Anglo-Saxon settlement and port of Lundenwic was located to the east of the city s Roman walls near the present-day Strand. It was not until the late ninth century that post-Roman settlement in the walled area of London appears to have begun in earnest and at the same time the undefended Lundenwic was abandoned. This renewed activity within the city walls initially in the western part of the city near the cathedral may be associated with the refoundation of London by Alfred the Great in 886. Certainly the Viking attacks that are recorded in written sources of the period would have made the protection offered by the city walls an important and attractive factor in any settlement. The .
