D'Aulaires' book of Norse myths /
A collection of Norse myths describing the exploits of the Aesir gods and goddesses, beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the day of reckoning. The companion to D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, a treasured part of so many children's libraries, has returned to print...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York Review of Books,
2005.
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| Series: | New York Review children's collection.
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Table of Contents:
- The first gods and giants
- The creation of the world
- The creation of man
- Yggdrasil, the world tree
- Asgard and the aesir gods
- Odin, the all-father
- Thor, the thunder-god
- Loki, the god of the jotun race
- Sifs golden hair
- Loki's monstrous brood
- Balder, the god of light
- Heimdall, the watchman of asgard
- Njord, Frey and Freya
- Bragi, god of poetry
- Odin's eight-legged steed
- The valkyries and valhalla
- Frigg and the goddesses
- Freya's wonderful necklace
- Idunn's apples of youth
- Skade, the ski-goddess
- Frey and Gerd, the jotun maiden
- The theft of Thor's hammer
- Thor and the jotun geirrod
- Thor and the jotun utgardsloki
- Thor and the jotun rungnir
- Thor and the jotun aegir
- The death of Balder
- Loki's punishment
- Ragnarokk, the destiny of the gods
- A new world.