18 books like Helge-digtene i den Ældre Edda
Studier over de nordiske gude- og heltesagns oprindelse
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Deutsche altertumskunde
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Vafþrúðnismál
"Probably composed at the height of the Viking Age, Vafrunismal recounts how one day the mysterious and powerful god Ooinn visits the hall of an ancient giant named Vafprunismal. There, with their heads wagered over the outcome, the two engage in a wisdom contest about how the world was created, who inhabits it, and what will come of it when the gods and giants battle one last time at the…
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Asgard stories
The world of Norse mythology is brought vividly to life in this collection of tales for young readers describing Odin, Freyja, Thor, Loki, and other gods of the ancient Scandinavians.
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A manual of Scandinavian mythology
Originally published in 1839, this was the first good summary in English of the characters and themes of the Nordic myths, with a popular account of the two Eddas and of the religion of Odin. The author shows that the subject of Scandinavian mythology, then little studied, was the source of most of our popular superstitions, from whence the favorite authors of our early childhood have drawn their…
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Loki
Loki is a god in Norse mythology. Loki engineers the death of the beloved god Baldr and is bound by the gods and suffers from serpent venom. His wife Sigyn collects the venom in a bowl. However, she must empty the bowl when it is full and the venom that drips in the meantime causes Loki to writhe in pain, thereby causing earthquakes.
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Odin und Sein Reich
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around…
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The Elder or Poetic Edda
Excerpt from The Elder or Poetic Edda, Vol. 1: Commonly Known as Sæmund's Edda The Elder or Poetic Edda: Commonly Known As Sæmund's Edda was written by Olive Bray in 1908. This is a 408 page book, containing 100772 words and 27 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at…
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Eddic [mythology]
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Asgard stories
A collection of myths about Thor, Balder, Loki, and other Nordic gods and goddesses.
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The heroes of Asgard
With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world.
Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We…
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Valhalla
A Danish comic book series originally published in 15 albums between 1979 and 2009. All 15 albums have been collected in these 5 volumes published in 2010 by Carlsen. Each volume contains extra material not found in the originals.
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Volos, i︠a︡zycheskoe bozhestvo slavi︠a︡no-russov, sravnennoe s Odinom skandinavovStefan Sabinin
Volos, i︠a︡zycheskoe bozhestvo slavi︠a︡no-russov, sravnennoe s Odinom skandinavov
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The Poetic Edda
"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes…
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Loki
Dio senza culto, sprovvisto di un luogo sacro e di un ruolo preciso, e tuttavia indispensabile – senza di lui interi cicli mitologici risulterebbero privi di senso –, Loki è uno dei personaggi più enigmatici e affascinanti della mitologia norrena. Amico e complice di Odino e Thor, e loro peggiore nemico, artefice ingegnoso e burlone, insieme responsabile della morte di Baldr e della fine del…
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The Poetic Edda
This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist) to each of…
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How Thor Lost His Thunder
"How Thor Lost his Thunder is the first major English-language study of early medieval evidence for the Old Norse god, Thor. This geographically and chronologically far-reaching study considers the earliest sources in which Thor appears, including in evidence from the Viking colonies of the British Isles and in Scandinavian folklore. Through tracing the changes and variety that has occurred in…
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Cold counsel
Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland.
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