Odin's Spear

Odin's Spear
Title Odin's Spear PDF eBook
Author Skyla Dawn Cameron
Publisher Skyla Dawn Cameron
Pages 266
Release 2017-02-07
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1927966213

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Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology
Title Norse Mythology PDF eBook
Author John Lindow
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 383
Release 2002-10-17
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0199839697

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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.

Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology
Title Norse Mythology PDF eBook
Author Rasmus Bjørn Anderson
Publisher
Pages 490
Release 1884
Genre Mythology, Norse
ISBN

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The Children of Odin

The Children of Odin
Title The Children of Odin PDF eBook
Author Padraic Colum
Publisher
Pages 304
Release 1920
Genre Mythology, Germanic
ISBN

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A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki, and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.

Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology
Title Norse Mythology PDF eBook
Author Rasmus Björn Anderson
Publisher
Pages 488
Release 1879
Genre Mythology, Norse
ISBN

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Odin’s Ways

Odin’s Ways
Title Odin’s Ways PDF eBook
Author Annette Lassen
Publisher Routledge
Pages 502
Release 2021-12-24
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1000469891

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This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri’s Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin rather than the religious character of the god. This is the only existing study of Odin in all the Old Norse/Icelandic texts and applies a contextual method: the different guises of Odin are studied on the basis of the various textual contexts and on their background in the literary and Christian intellectual milieu of the time. Contrary to existing studies, this method is non-reductive in that it does not aim at providing a synthesis about Odin’s original nature on the basis of the differing textual uses of Odin in the Middle Ages. The book argues that the perceived complexity of Odin, often highlighted in research, is first and foremost a function of the complex textual material spanning a wide variety of genres each with its particular literary conventions and of the reception of Odin in early modern and modern mythological studies.

Norse Mythology. Or, the Religion of Our Forefathers, Containing All the Myths of the Eddas, Systematized and Interpreted with an Introduction, Vocabulary and Index

Norse Mythology. Or, the Religion of Our Forefathers, Containing All the Myths of the Eddas, Systematized and Interpreted with an Introduction, Vocabulary and Index
Title Norse Mythology. Or, the Religion of Our Forefathers, Containing All the Myths of the Eddas, Systematized and Interpreted with an Introduction, Vocabulary and Index PDF eBook
Author Rasmus Björn Anderson
Publisher BoD – Books on Demand
Pages 478
Release 2024-03-17
Genre Fiction
ISBN 3385382750

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.