Even when there were no wild beasts and wilder men to fight, it seemed that the very elements were giants who fought against them with wind, frost, and snow as weapons. It was a cruel world, offering little to hope for; yet there was ...
Retells the Norse myths as a single narrative, from the making of the world, to the vision of Ragnarok.
A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.
A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.
A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.
The book explores how the stories and myths affected the culture of the Norse peoples, and how the cultures in turn affected the stories that pulled them together.
The book explores how the stories and myths affected the culture of the Norse peoples, and how the cultures in turn affected the stories that pulled them together.
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H.A. Guerber's classic collection of Norse Mythology, including the greater and lesser figures of Asgard and Valhalla: Odin, Thor, Loki, and more, as well as monsters of the realms, together with beautiful illustrations.Undoubtedly Northern ...
In this convenient, reliable edition, Myths of the Norsemen offers not only hours of reading entertainment but also valuable insights into the nature and meaning of myth and how it constitutes part of the deep and ancient wellspring of ...
From the Eddas and Sagas
They exhibit "a spirit of victory, superior to brute force, superior to mere matter, a spirit that fights and overcomes."1 "Even were some part of the matter of their myths taken from others, yet the Norsemen have given their gods a noble, ...