# The House of the Wolfings — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The House of the Wolfings by William Morris.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph reflects on the bittersweet memory of a lost homestead, using the metaphor of a traveler passing a former home to evoke themes of nostalgia, loss, and the passage of time. It sets a melancholic tone for the 
- [The House of the Wolfings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/the-house-of-the-wolfings.md): This chapter introduces the Wolfing tribe, their hall, and their way of life, focusing on the arrival of the war-arrow and the call to arms against the Romans. Thiodolf, the war-duke, is central, and the chapter sets the
- [The Dwellings of Mid-Mark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/i-the-dwellings-of-mid-mark.md): This chapter describes the geography and social structure of the Markmen, focusing on the Wolfing House in Mid-Mark. It details the great hall, its construction, the customs of kinship and marriage, the significance of t
- [II: The Flitting of the War-Arrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/ii-the-flitting-of-the-war-arrow.md): On a summer evening, the Wolfing folk hear the war-horn of the Elkings, signaling tidings of war. A young runner from the Hartings arrives bearing the war-arrow—a token burnt, bloodied, and split—and delivers the call to
- [III: Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/iii-thiodolf-talketh-with-the-wood-sun.md): In the deep of night, Thiodolf leaves the Hall-Sun and walks through the beechwood to a secluded wood-lawn where the Wood-Sun, a divine Chooser of the Slain, awaits him. They embrace and speak of love, fate, and the comi

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- [IV: The House Fareth to the War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/iv-the-house-fareth-to-the-war.md)
- [V: Concerning the Hall-Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/v-concerning-the-hall-sun.md)
- [They Talk on the Way to the Folk-Thing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/vi-they-talk-on-the-way-to-the-folk-thing.md)
- [VII: They Gather to the Folk-Mote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/vii-they-gather-to-the-folk-mote.md)
- [VIII: The Folk-Mote of the Markmen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/viii-the-folk-mote-of-the-markmen.md)
- [IX: The Ancient Man of the Daylings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/ix-the-ancient-man-of-the-daylings.md)
- [X: That Carline Cometh to the Roof of the Wolfings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/x-that-carline-cometh-to-the-roof-of-the-wolfings.md)
- [XI: The Hall-Sun Speaketh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xi-the-hall-sun-speaketh.md)
- [XII: Tidings of the Battle in Mirkwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xii-tidings-of-the-battle-in-mirkwood.md)
- [XIII: The Hall-Sun Saith Another Word](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xiii-the-hall-sun-saith-another-word.md)
- [XIV: The Hall-Sun Is Careful Concerning the Passes of the Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xiv-the-hall-sun-is-careful-concerning-the-passes-of-the-wood.md)
- [They Hear Tell of the Battle on the Ridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xv-they-hear-tell-of-the-battle-on-the-ridge.md)
- [How the Dwarf-Wrought Hauberk Was Brought Away from the Hall of the Daylings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xvi-how-the-dwarf-wrought-hauberk-was-brought-away-from-the-hall-of-the-daylings.md)
- [XVII: The Wood-Sun Speaketh with Thiodolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xvii-the-wood-sun-speaketh-with-thiodolf.md)
- [Tidings Brought to the Wain-Burg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xviii-tidings-brought-to-the-wain-burg.md)
- [XIX: Those Messengers Come to Thiodolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xix-those-messengers-come-to-thiodolf.md)
- [XX: Otter and His Folk Come Into Mid-Mark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xx-otter-and-his-folk-come-into-mid-mark.md)
- [XXI: They Bicker About the Ford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxi-they-bicker-about-the-ford.md)
- [XXII: Otter Falls on Against His Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxii-otter-falls-on-against-his-will.md)
- [Thiodolf Meeteth the Romans in the Wolfing Meadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxiii-thiodolf-meeteth-the-romans-in-the-wolfing-meadow.md)
- [The Goths Are Overthrown by the Romans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxiv-the-goths-are-overthrown-by-the-romans.md)
- [The Host of the Markmen Cometh Into the Wild-Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxv-the-host-of-the-markmen-cometh-into-the-wild-wood.md)
- [XXVI: Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxvi-thiodolf-talketh-with-the-wood-sun.md)
- [XXVII: They Wend to the Morning Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxvii-they-wend-to-the-morning-battle.md)
- [Of the Storm of Dawning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxviii-of-the-storm-of-dawning.md)
- [Of Thiodolf's Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxi-of-thiodolf-s-storm.md)
- [XXX: Thiodolf Is Borne Out of the Hall and Otter Is Laid Beside Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxx-thiodolf-is-borne-out-of-the-hall-and-otter-is-laid-beside-him.md)
- [XXXI: Old Asmund Speaketh Over the War-Dukes: The Dead Are Laid in Mound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxxi-old-asmund-speaketh-over-the-war-dukes-the-dead-are-laid-in-mound.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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