Cassell Dictionary Of Norse Myth And Legend

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780304345205
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend written by Andy Orchard and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1997 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and comprehensive A-Z guide to the myths and legends of northern Europe. Recounts the major sagas and legends, from Baldrs draumar to Volsunga saga. Describes the gods, goddesses, giants, dwarfs and other supernatural creatures of Northern myth. Details the cosmology of the Norse world, from Asgard, home of the gods, to Niflheim, the place of freezing mists, to Hel, the land of the dead. Explores a wide range of related topics, such as amulets, magic, runes, and the rite of the blood-eagle. It considers a wide range of historical and literary sources, from the Latin of Tacitus to the Icelandic of Snorri Sturluson.

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780304351343
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend written by Andy Orchard and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an A-Z guide to the mythology of the Vikings, with over 400 articles covering myths, gods and goddesses, giants, dwarves, elves and other supernatural creatures. It aims to provide an insight into a folklore tradition which has inspired talents as diverse as Wagner and Tolkien. A general historical introduction provides an overall perspective, and background material on the archaeology and social framework of the Norse world is provided.

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend written by Andy Orchard and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive survey of Norse myth features Scandinavian gods and trolls, heroes and monsters, lands and beliefs, in more than 1,000 entries, photos, charts, and quotations.

Author : Andrew Orchard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1399601423
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend written by Andrew Orchard and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Loki to Thor, Ragnarok to Beowulf A gripping and truly mesmerising delve into the Norse legends From bestselling books to blockbusting Hollywood movies, the myths of the Scandinavian gods and heroes are part of the modern day landscape. For over a millennium before the arrival of Christianity, the legends permeated everyday life in Iceland and the northern reaches of Europe. Since that time, they have been perpetuated in literature and the arts in forms as diverse as Tolkien and Wagner, graphic novels to the world of Marvel. This book covers the entire cast of supernatural beings, from gods to trolls, heroes to monsters, and deals with the social and historical background to the myths, topics such as burial rites, sacrificial practices and runes.

Author : HENRY ROMANO
Publisher : DTTV PUBLICATIONS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE NORSE written by HENRY ROMANO and published by DTTV PUBLICATIONS. This book was released on 2021-03-06 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once there was another Sun and another Moon, a different Sun and a different Moon from the ones we see now. Sol was the name of that Sun, and Mani was the name of that Moon. Nevertheless, always behind Sol and Mani wolves went a wolf behind each. The wolves caught on them at last, and they devoured Sol and Mani. And then the world was in darkness and cold. In those times, the Gods lived, Odin and Thor, Hödur and Baldur, Tyr and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, and Loki, the doer of a good doer of evil. Moreover, the beautiful Goddesses lived then, Frigga, Freya, Nanna, Iduna, and Sif. Nevertheless, in the days when the Sun and Moon were destroyed, the Gods were destroyed too—all the Gods except Baldur who had died before that time, Vidar and Vali, the sons of Odin, and Modi and Magni, the sons of Thor. At that time, too, there were men and women in the world. However, before the Sun and the Moon were devoured and before the Gods were destroyed, terrible things happened in the world. Snow fell on the four corners of the earth and kept on falling for three seasons. Winds came and blew everything away. Moreover, the people of the world who had lived on despite the snow and the cold and the winds fought each other, brother killing brother until all the people were destroyed.

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141943475
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elder Edda written by Andy Orchard and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, and based on sources dating back centuries earlier, these mythological and heroic poems tell of gods and mortals from an ancient era: the giant-slaying Thor, the doomed Völsung family, the Hel-ride of Brynhild and the cruelty of Atli the Hun. Eclectic, incomplete and fragmented, these verses nevertheless retain their stark beauty and their power to enthrall, opening a window on to the thoughts, beliefs and hopes of the Vikings and their world.

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Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761475590
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods, goddesses, and mythology written by and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetized entries on deities, concepts, practices, places, and objects related to the mythologies of cultures throughout history, and features color photos and sidebars. This volume covers Ach-Ara.

Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623384
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yōkai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.

Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147662268X
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here there be dragons”—this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.

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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mythologies written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: