Sagas and Myths of the Northmen

Sagas and Myths of the Northmen
Author: Jesse Byock
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2006-05-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141968354

In a land of ice, great warriors search for glory... When a dragon threatens the people of the north, only one man can destroy the fearsome beast. Elsewhere, a mighty leader gathers a court of champions, including a noble warrior under a terrible curse. The Earth's creation is described; tales of the gods and evil Frost Giants are related; and the dark days of Ragnarok foretold. Journey into a realm of legend, where heroes from an ancient age do battle with savage monsters, and every man must live or die by the sword ...

Northmen

Northmen
Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1250106141

An authoritative volume that places the Vikings in their wider geographical and historical context.

Myths of the Pagan North

Myths of the Pagan North
Author: Christopher Abram
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847252478

An engaging account of the world of the Vikings and their gods.

Myths of the Norsemen

Myths of the Norsemen
Author: Alan Langford
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-09-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780241735411

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this epic edition of Myths of the Norsemen. The great Norse sagas are full of magic and heroic deeds. Odin's wanderings, Thor's hammer, the death of Bakkur, the vision of Ragnarok - tales which have been told since time immemorial - are given a fresh life in this version, written as one continuous exciting adventure story.

Norse Mythology: The Illustrated Edition

Norse Mythology: The Illustrated Edition
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2024-11-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1324089407

The #1 New York Times bestseller—a “gripping, suspenseful” (Washington Post) retelling of Norse myths—now with spectacular illustrations. In this dazzling, illustrated edition of the instant classic that has sold more than a million copies, award-winning illustrator Levi Pinfold brings Neil Gaiman’s bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world to life. Bursting off the page with breathtaking, full-color art are tales of fierce battles with giants, storied quests for knowledge, and the gods in Asgard: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly strong, yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki—son of a giant—blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator. Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that takes us from the genesis of the legendary nine worlds to Ragnorak, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time. Through his epic storytelling and Pinfold’s enthralling images, these gods emerge with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, breathing vivid life into these long-ago myths. “Who else but Neil Gaiman could become an accomplice of the gods, using the sorcery of words to make their stories new?” —Maria Tatar, translator and editor of The Annotated Brothers Grimm “Gaiman brings rakish mischief and severe glamour to the Norse canon.” —The New Yorker “Remarkable. . . . Gaiman has provided an enchanting contemporary interpretation of the Viking ethos.” —Lisa L. Hannett, Atlantic “A lively, funny and very human rendition of Thor the thunder god, his father Odin and the dark-hearted trickster Loki (plus countless other gods and monsters).” —Petra Mayer, NP

Viking Myths and Sagas

Viking Myths and Sagas
Author: Rosalind Kerven
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0785835555

Written in consultation with leading academics.

The Sea of Trolls

The Sea of Trolls
Author: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2008-12-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 184739731X

Jack is an apprentice bard and just beginning to learn the secrets of his mysterious master, when he and his little sister are captured by Viking chief, Olaf One-Brow, and taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless. Ivar is married to a half-troll named Frith, an evil and unpredictable queen with a strange power over her husband's court. Jack is sent on to the kingdom of the trolls, where he has to find the magical well and undo the charm he has cast on Frith. He is accompanied by Thorgill, a shield maiden, aged 12, who wants to be a berserker when she grows up. Together, they are set for a magical and exciting adventure.

Penguin Epics

Penguin Epics
Author: Various
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
ISBN: 9780140912005

View every book in the Penguin Epics series. This beautiful limited edition boxed set contains the stunningly designed new Penguin Epics series: twenty short tales of human adventure, legend and myth. Penguin Epics depict the most extreme acts of heroism, ambition, bravery and violence, and in doing so they reveal mankind's most profound aspirations and darkest fears. From the rip-roaring exploits of Alexander the Great, through Dante's terrifying description of the Descent into Hell, to the swashbuckling adventures of Sindbad, these works will take the reader on a journey through the most astonishing and heroic legends of the past four-and-a-half thousand years of literature. The boxed set includes: The Epic of Gilgamesh Exodus Odysseus Returns Home Homer Xerxes Invades Greece Herodotus The Sea, The Sea Xenophon The Abduction of Sita Jason and the Golden Fleece Apollonius The Destruction of Troy Virgil The Serpent's Teeth Ovid The Fall of Jerusalem Josephus The Madness of Nero Tacitus Cupid and Psyche Apuleius The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great Beowulf Siegfried's Murder Sagas and Myths of the Northmen The Sunjata Story The Descent into Hell Dante King Arthur's Last Battle Malory The Voyages of Sindbad @UrukRockCity All the ladies want to get it on now that I've slain the demon. But I must decline. I'm a clean man these days. I just can't win with women. Before, nailing all the ladies was bad. Now I refuse to seduce, and the Gods send a giant bull to kill me? From