The Myths Of The Norsemen
H. A. Geuerber's "The Myths of the Norsemen" is a classic collection of stories retold from Norse mythology. Beginning with the Norse myth of creation and following through the sagas of more than twenty gods, heroes and villains, "The Myths of the Norsemen" recounts the rich mythological...
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H. A. Geuerber's "The Myths of the Norsemen" is a classic collection of stories retold from Norse mythology. Beginning with the Norse myth of creation and following through the sagas of more than twenty gods, heroes and villains, "The Myths of the Norsemen" recounts the rich mythological tradition of the Norse people. Of the more familiar characters in this collection one might immediately recognize the stories of Odin and Thor. These stories are brought together with less familiar Norse myths in a collection that includes reproductions of illustrations from the original edition. Readers both young and old will delight in these classic tales of adventure and fantasy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781420934441 (1420934449)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Digireads.com
Pages no: 268
Edition language: English
I found this book on Project Gutenberg and decided to read it before reading some Icelandic sagas so that I wouldn't be completely lost. For someone who had little knowledge of Norse mythology this was a good book to get an overview of Norse gods and mythology. I have seen some reviews that have sta...
The upside to this collection can be seen in the in depth discussion on each subject, but the downside is the tiptoeing around the grittier parts of the Norse myths. However, I would highly recommend this book for follow up reading.