Norse Myths

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Norse Myths.

British Museum Press, London 1994, The Legendary Past, 3. opplag, stor 8vo, orig. omslag, 80 s., engelsk tekst, illustrert.

«Entertaining and sometimes horrifying legends of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, monsters and giants survive from pagan Scandinavia, even though the Norsemen were unable to write them down. Odin and Thor, Freyia and Loki, Sigurd the Volsung, Gudrun and Brynhild are the most famous of these mythical characters, whose stories were eventually recorded. With authority and wit, Professor Page retells the Norse legends and shows how complex and sometimes contradictory their traditions are. Yet it is through these ancient myths […]» — fra bakomslaget