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Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780304345205
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (452 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.

Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780304351343
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 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.

Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 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.

Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend

Author : Andrew Orchard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1399601423
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (996 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.

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE NORSE

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.

Gods, goddesses, and mythology

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Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761475590
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (755 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.

Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623384
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 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.

Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147662268X
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 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.

Mythologies

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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:

Norse Mythology

Author : John Lindow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199839698
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Norse Mythology written by John Lindow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Myths of the Norsemen

Author : Patricia A. Dawson
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502609932
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Myths of the Norsemen written by Patricia A. Dawson and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norsemen had a strong tradition of gods, rituals, and myths. Readers will discover more about the Norse: how they lived, where they lived, and what they did. The book explores how the stories and myths affected the culture of the Norse peoples, and how the cultures in turn affected the stories that pulled them together.

The Northern Conquest

Author : Katherine Holman
Publisher : Signal Books
ISBN 13 : 9781904955344
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book The Northern Conquest written by Katherine Holman and published by Signal Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book reveals another very different side of Viking society. It claims that the Viking legacy was not simply one of 'rape and pillage', but included law and order, agriculture and trade, as well as language and heroic literature. It also provides evidence that the influence of Scandinavians in the British Isles continued well after 1066"--Jacket.

Acorns: Windows High-Tide Foghat

Author : Joshua Morris
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475966911
Total Pages : 1832 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Acorns: Windows High-Tide Foghat written by Joshua Morris and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 1832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acorns delineates the future of humanity as a reunification of intellect with the Deep Self. Having chosen to focus upon ego (established securely by the time of Christ), much more beta brain wave development will destroy our species and others, which process has already begun. We create our own realities through beliefs, intents and desires and we were in and out of probabilities constantly. Feelings follow beliefs, not the other way around.

The illustrated encyclopedia of myths & legends

Author : Arthur Cotterell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The illustrated encyclopedia of myths & legends written by Arthur Cotterell and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Elder Edda

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141943475
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 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.

Storytelling

Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459385
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Storytelling written by Josepha Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.

Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies

Author : Jürg Glauser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311043136X
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies written by Jürg Glauser and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the field of Memory Studies has emerged as a key approach in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and has increasingly shown its ability to open new windows on Nordic Studies as well. The entries in this book document the work-to-date of this approach on the pre-modern Nordic world (mainly the Viking Age and the Middle Ages, but including as well both earlier and later periods). Given that Memory Studies is an ever expanding critical strategy, the approximately eighty contributors in this volume also discuss the potential for future research in this area. Topics covered range from texts to performance to visual and other aspects of material culture, all approached from within an interdisciplinary framework. International specialists, coming from such relevant fields as archaeology, mythology, history of religion, folklore, history, law, art, literature, philology, language, and mediality, offer assessments on the relevance of Memory Studies to their disciplines and show it at work in case studies. Finally, this handbook demonstrates the various levels of culture where memory had a critical impact in the pre-modern North and how deeply embedded the role of memory is in the material itself.