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  • Norse Mythology:A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs

    A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs

    by John Lindow ...
    Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland--outlining along 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 ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Norse Mythology

    A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs

    by John Lindow ...
    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 ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Trolls

    An Unnatural History

    by John Lindow ...
    Trolls are everywhere. They lurk on the internet; they fill the pages of popular fantasy literature; they are hunted in Norwegian film. They are the homeless in California; they are comforting or threatening characters in children's books; they are amusing dolls. Although trolls are ubiquitous today, for centuries they were confined to the landscape of Scandinavia. They were beings in nature, and ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Old Norse Mythology

    by John Lindow ...
    Series series World Mythology in Theory and Everyday Life
    An innovative and accessible overview of how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories. Old Norse Mythology provides a unique survey of the mythology of Scandinavia: the gods Þórr (Thor) with his hammer, the wily and duplicitous Óðinn (Odin), the sly Loki, and other fascinating figures. They create the world, battle their enemies, and die at the end of the world, ... Read more

    $22.79 CAD

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    by Saemund Sigfusson & Snorri Sturluson ...
    Sæmund, son of Sigfus, the reputed collector of the poems bearing his name, which is sometimes also called the Elder, and the Poetic, Edda, was of a highly distinguished family, being descended in a direct line from King Harald Hildetonn. He was born at Oddi, his paternal dwelling in the south of Iceland, between the years 1054 and 1057, or about 50 years after the establishment by law of the ... Read more

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  • Asgard Stories_ Tales From Norse Mythology

    by Mabel H. Cummings, Mary H. Foster ...
    "Asgard Stories_ Tales from Norse Mythology" by Mabel H. Cummings, Mary H. Foster is a classic work that represents the essence of its genre. This book offers readers an engaging experience, reflecting the author’s distinctive style, depth, and vision. ... Read more

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  • The Penguin Book of Norse Myths

    Gods of the Vikings

    by Kevin Crossley-Holland ...
    THE DEFINITIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE RETELLING OF NORSE MYTHOLOGY'Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life began'The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories.The Penguin Book of the Norse Myths compellingly retells these stories for the modern reader, taking us from the creation of the world through the ... Read more

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  • Gods and Myths of Northern Europe

    by H. Davidson ...
    Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic peoples. Provides an introduction to this subject, giving basic outlines to the sagas and stories, and helps identify the charachter traits of not only the well known but also the lesser gods of the age. ... Read more

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  • Sumerian Mythology

    by Samuel Noah Kramer, Digital Fire ...
    “A Real Addition to the Body of World Mythology.” American AnthropologistFirst published in 1944, "Sumerian Mythology" by Samuel Noah Kramer is a seminal work that explores the myths, legends, and religious beliefs of the ancient Sumerians, one of the world’s earliest known civilizations. Drawing from cuneiform tablets discovered in Mesopotamia, Kramer reconstructs the stories of Sumerian gods, ... Read more

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  • The Prose Edda

    by Jesse Byock, Snorri Sturluson ...
    Translated by Jesse Byock ...
    The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. In prose interspersed with powerful verse, the Edda shows the gods' ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A History of Britain in Ten Enemies

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  • The Book of Money

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