num_pages: 208
description: The Norse Myths presents the Viking gods from the mighty Asyr led by ?inn and the mysterious Vanir to Thor and the mythological cosmos they inhabit. Passages translated from Old Norse bring this legendary world to life from the myths of creation to ragnark the prophesied end of the world at the hands of Lokis army of monsters and giants and everything that comes in between: the long and problematic relationship between the gods and the giants the (mis)adventures of human heroes and heroines with their family feuds revenges marriages and murders; and the interaction between the gods and mortals.Photographs and drawings show a range of Norse sites objects and characters from Viking ship burials to dragons on runestones. Dr. Carolyne Larrington describes the Norse myths origins in pre-Christian Scandinavia and Iceland and their survival in archaeological artifacts and written sources from Old Norse sagas and poems to the less-approving accounts of medieval Christian writers. She traces their influences into the work of Wagner William Morris and J. R. R. Tolkien and even Game of Thrones in the resurrection of the Fimbulvetr or Mighty Winter.
language: English
title: The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes
publisher: Thames & Hudson