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Product: The Viking Sagas
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Product: Norse Mythology: A Brief History
Description: University Press returns with another short and captivating book – a brief history of Norse Mythology.

Norse Mythology, the collection of myths of the North Germanic peoples of Scandinavia, consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes, derived from numerous sources, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition.

Most of the surviving mythology centers on the plights of the gods - like the hammer-wielding Thor, the one-eyed Odin, the beautiful Freyja, and the shape-shifting Loki - and their interactions with various other beings - like humans, trolls, elves, dwarves, and giants - beings who may be friends, lovers, foes, or family members of the gods.

This short book provides an abbreviated account of the dazzling and devastating beings, forces, and events of Norse Mythology – a version that you can read in about an hour.
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Product: Norse Mythology: Fascinating Myths and Legends of Norse Gods, Heroes and Viking Beliefs
Description: Norse myths have long fascinated millions around the world. Tales of Norse Gods like Thor and Loki have sustained the imaginations of adult and young people alike, even into modern times. Indeed, figures of Norse legend have permeated into mainstream culture in the form of popular characters from television and film. One God, in particular, has even given his name to a day of the week. In Norse Mythology: Fascinating Myths and Legends of Norse Gods, Heroes, and Viking Beliefs, you will be exposed to the original tales of the Gods; the tales that modern depictions are ultimately inspired by.

Norse myth has become a part of us in ways that we do not fully appreciate. Indeed, the Norse God Thor has come to embody the ideal of strength and masculinity. The trickster God Loki, on the other hand, has come to represent some of the more sinister and unpredictable elements of man. In fact, the Norse used their Gods to embody those aspects of Man’s own nature that were often at war. In Norse Mythology: Fascinating Myths and Legends of Norse Gods, Heroes, and Viking Beliefs, you will learn about all the Gods by listening about the tales that formed the basis of the myths about them.

Norse Mythology: Fascinating Myths and Legends of Norse Gods, Heroes, and Viking Beliefs explores the Norse Gods and the Viking belief system through the tales told by people living at the time. They told tales about the formation of the universe, about how the universe was divided, and how the Gods and giants made war with one another. Because the Viking belief system was reflected in these tales about their Gods and historical figures, learning about the Gods and heroes in this way allows the listener to understand who the Vikings were and why they were.

The world of Norse myth was very different from our own. The people at the heart of Norse civilization - living in modern-day Scandinavia, Northern Germany, as well as other areas of Norse settlement like Iceland and the British Isles - these people were part of a culture so far removed from how we think and perceive today as to be almost unrecognizable. But that does not mean that you must struggle to understand Norse legends and the Vikings who believed in them.

In Norse Mythology: Fascinating Myths and Legends of Norse Gods, Heroes, and Viking Beliefs, you will learn everything there is to learn about Norse mythology. You will learn the different groups of living things that existed in the universe, how the universe was divided into nine worlds, who the major Gods and Goddesses were, who some of the important heroes were, and how the speakers of Old Norse recorded the feats of gods and men in books called sagas. These sagas told the tales of the great figures of Norse legend. In Norse Mythology: Fascinating Myths and Legends of Norse Gods, Heroes, and Viking Beliefs, you will learn some of these tales including:

The Tale of Odin’s Eye and Mimir’s Head

The Unusual Wedding of Freyja

Loki and His Strange Children

The Death of Baldr

The Kidnapping of Idun

The Birth of Sigurd

And Ragnarok: the Twilight of the Gods

Get this audiobook now to learn more than you ever dreamed about Norse Gods and Goddesses and Viking beliefs.
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Product: The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
Description: The Viking Spirit is an introduction to Norse mythology like no other. As you’d expect from Daniel McCoy, the creator of the endearingly popular website "Norse Mythology for Smart People", it’s written to scholarly standards, but in a simple, clear, and entertaining style that’s easy to understand and a pleasure to listen to. It includes gripping retellings of no less than 34 epic Norse myths - more than any other book in the field - while also providing an equally comprehensive overview of the fascinating viking religion of which Norse mythology was a part. You’ll learn about the vikings’ gods and goddesses, their concept of fate, their views on the afterlife, their moral code, how they thought the universe was structured, how they practiced their religion, the role that magic played in their lives, and much more. With its inclusion of the latest groundbreaking research in the field, The Viking Spirit is the ultimate introduction to the timeless splendor of Norse mythology and religion for the 21st Century.
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Product: The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
Brand: Audible
Description: "The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a thirteenth-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, etc.

"Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings." (Dick Ringler, professor emeritus of English and Scandinavian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Product: Episode 3
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Product: Norse Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Norse Folklore Including Fairy Tales, Legends, Sagas and Myths of the Norse Gods and Heroes
Description: Explore Captivating Myths of the Norse Gods and Heroes

The stories from Norse mythology linger in our culture today. Four days of our week are named after members of the Norse pantheon (Tyr, Woden (Odin), Thor and Frigg). Wagner’s Ring Cycle has kept one version of one of the great Norse stories alive in the minds of music lovers. Readers of modern fantasy will find many echoes of the Norse tales as well. Something in these old and puzzling stories still has the power to move and unsettle us and to inspire new acts of creation.

This book will give you a brief introduction to some of the best-known myths found in the primary sources. This book includes a glossary of names in the back in case you need help keeping track of a rather large cast of characters. Enjoy your explorations!

Within this book, you'll find the following Norse myths and topics covered

The Creation of the Worlds
The Building of Asgard
Why Odin Has One Eye and Tyr Has One Hand
The Mead of Poetry
Loki the Thief
Love and Trouble
Thor the Bride
Thor’s Adventures in Utgard
Odin the Host and Odin the Guest
Andvari’s Curse
Regin and Sigurd
Sigurd and the Dragon
The Marriage of Sigurd
Brynhild’s Betrayal
The Death of Sigurd
The Passing of Balder
Ragnarök
Grace Note: The Story of Rolf Krake

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Product: Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Norse Mythology, Celtic Mythology and Roman Mythology
Description: Explore Captivating Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals while Learning Fascinating Facts about Five Mythologies

This book includes five captivating manuscripts:

Greek Mythology: Captivating Stories of the Ancient Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
Egyptian Mythology: Captivating Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals
Norse Mythology: Captivating Stories of the Gods, Sagas, and Heroes
Celtic Mythology: A Captivating Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs
Roman Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological Creatures

The broad arc of the first manuscript takes us from the dim beginnings of creation as seen in the Greek mythology. We move through the birth of Titans, their overthrow by the Olympian gods, the gods’ dealings with mortals like Paris of Troy, Jason and the Golden Fleece, the Trojan War, and into historical times.

Here are just some of the topics that the

first part

of this book will cover:

Uranus: Betrayal by Cronus
Cronus: Fear of His Children
Titans vs. Olympian Gods
Olympian Rule
Zeus and His Ladies
Prometheus and Herakles
An Unhappy Tale of the Underworld
The Beauty Contest that Led to the Fall of Troy
Poseidon, Metis, Athena and Atlantis
Kraken and Other Monsters
Jason, the Argonauts, and Medea's Dragon
Menelaus, Agamemnon, and the Trojan War
Solon, the Athenian Law Giver
300 Spartans
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Alexander the Great

The second part is full of fascinating facts and stories. For instance, it covers perhaps the most popular of all the Egyptian stories - the myth of Osiris.

Here are just some of the topics that the

second part

of this book will cover:

Egypt in Context
Creation
Fall of Humanity
Osiris Myth
Chief Gods of the Egyptian Pantheon
Lesser Known Pantheon
Ancient Egyptian History

Here are just some of the topics that the

third part

of this book will cover:

Norse Creation Story
The Nine Realms
Gods and the “Giants” of Jötunheim
Midgard and the Humans
Elves, Dwarves, Trolls and Valkyries
Odin, Frigg, Thor, and Loki
The Death of Baldr
Conflict Between the Realms
English Days of the Week

Here are just some of the topics that the

fourth part

of this book will cover:

Celtic Animism
Universal Celtic Gods
Local Irish Celt Gods
Local Gallic Celt Gods
Celtic Sagas: The Cycles
Celtic Beliefs: Animal and Human Sacrifice
The Wicker Man
Celtic Beliefs: Reincarnation
Celtic Beliefs: Matriarchy

Here are just some of the topics that the

fifth part

of this book will cover:

The Trojan Connection
What History and an Analysis of Myth Tell Us<
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Product: Treasury of Norse Mythology: Stories of Intrigue, Trickery, Love, and Revenge
Brand: National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Society
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Product: The Norse: An Arctic Mystery
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Product: Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs
Description: Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland and outlines the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from these regions that have remained embedded in the imagination of the world.
The book begins with an Introduction that helps put Scandinavian mythology in place in history, followed by a chapter that explains the meaning of mythic time, and a third section that presents in-depth explanations of each mythological term. These fascinating entries identify particular deities and giants, as well as the places where they dwell and the varied and wily means by which they forge their existence and battle one another. We meet Thor, one of the most powerful gods, who specializes in killing giants using a hammer made for him by dwarfs, not to mention myriad trolls, ogres, humans and strange animals. We learn of the ongoing struggle between the gods, who create the cosmos, and the jötnar, or giants, who aim to destroy it. In the enchanted world where this mythology takes place, we encounter turbulent rivers, majestic mountains, dense forests, storms, fierce winters, eagles, ravens, salmon and snakes in a landscape closely resembling Scandinavia. Beings travel on ships and on horseback; they eat slaughtered meat and drink mead.
Spanning from the inception of the universe and the birth of human beings to the universe's destruction and the mythic future, these sparkling tales of creation and destruction, death and rebirth, gods and heroes will entertain readers and offer insight into the relationship between Scandinavian myth, history, and culture.
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Product: D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths
Brand: New York Review of Books
Color: Multicolor
New York Review of Books
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Product: Tales Of Norse Mythology
Brand: Always4U
Description: candinavians of the Viking Age explored the mysteries of life through their sagas. Folklorist Helene Adeline Guerber brings to life the gods and goddesses, giants and dwarves, and warriors and monsters of these stories in Tales of Norse Mythology. Ranging from the comic to the tragic, these legends tell of passion, love, friendship, pride, courage, strength, loyalty, and betrayal. Tales of Norse Mythology is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library.
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Product: A Child's Introduction to Norse Mythology: Odin, Thor, Loki, and Other Viking Gods, Goddesses, Giants, and Monsters (A Child's Introduction Series)
Brand: Black Dog & Leventhal
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Product: Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition): Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Brand: Black Dog & Leventhal
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Product: Norse Mythology
Description: Introducing an instant classic - master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.

Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people. Gaiman stays true to the myths while vividly reincarnating Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin's son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki, the son of a giant, a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator. From Gaiman's deft and witty prose emerge the gods with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.
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