An edition of The Norse Myths (1980)

The Penguin book of Norse myths

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An edition of The Norse Myths (1980)

The Penguin book of Norse myths

gods of the Vikings

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  • 6 Want to read

After a lengthy detailed introduction on background material, the important myths are retold.

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
276

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Subjects

Mythology, norse, Mythology, Norse, Norse Mythology, Juvenile literature

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The Penguin book of Norse myths: gods of the Vikings
2011, Penguin Books
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The Penguin book of the Norse myths: Gods of the Vikings
1993, Penguin
in English
Cover of: The Norse Myths
The Norse Myths
July 12, 1981, Pantheon
in English
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The Norse myths
1980, Pantheon Books
in English - 1st American ed.

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Table of Contents

Introduction. The Norse world ; Cosmology ; The Pantheon ; Sources ; The literary structure of the myths ; Approach
The myths. The creation
The war of the Aesir and Vanir
The building of Asgard's wall
Lord of the gallows
The song of Rig
The mead of poetry
Loki's children and the binding of Fenrir
The theft of Idun's apples
The marriage of Njord and Skadi
The treasures of the gods
Skirnir's journey
The lay of Grimnir
The necklace of the Brisings
The lay of Thrym
The lay of Vafthrudnir
Thor's journey to Utgard
The lay of Hymir
Hyndla's poem
Thor's duel with Hrungnir
Odin and Billing's daughter
Gylfi and Gefion
The lay of Harbard
The ballad of Svipdag
Thor and Geirrod
The lay of Loddfafnir
Otter's ransom
The lay of Alvis
Balder's dreams
The death of Balder
Loki's flyting
The binding of Loki
Ragnarok.

Edition Notes

"Reissued in this edition with a revised Bibliography 2011"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London, New York
Other Titles
Norse myths, Gods of the Vikings

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
293.1/3
Library of Congress
PR6053.R63

The Physical Object

Pagination
xli, 276 p.
Number of pages
276

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27144074M
ISBN 10
0241953219
ISBN 13
9780241953211
OCLC/WorldCat
701020947

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