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Publisher
Cassell
Pub. Date
2002
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A comprehensive A-Z guide to the myths and legends of northern Europe. Covering the entire cast of supernatural beings, from gods to trolls, heroes to monsters, the book deals with the social and historical background to the myths, topics such as burial rites, sacrificial practices and runes.
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The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, bestselling fiction. Now he reaches back through time to the original source stories in a thrilling and vivid rendition of the great Norse tales. Gaiman's gods are thoroughly alive on the page - irascible, visceral, playful, passionate...
4) Loki
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Coronet
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Born within the heart of a fire in the hollow of a tree-trunk, Loki arrives in Asgard as an outsider. He is a trickster, an unreliable narrator, the god of intelligence and politics. In spite of his cleverness and sparkling wit (or, perhaps, because of this) Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder - Thor. This is a retelling that is contemporary in tone,...
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Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2018
Description
The great Norse myths are among the most dramatic and unforgettable stories in all human history. These fascinating, fantastical tales have inspired centuries of art, culture and literature, including the storytelling of Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones', Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' and Marvel Comics. This book takes us on a thrilling journey through the Norse cosmos, from the creation of the world to Ragnarok, the final world-destroying...
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Hackett Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2015
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These texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world.