10 books like The heroes of Asgard
Asgard stories
A collection of myths about Thor, Balder, Loki, and other Nordic gods and goddesses.
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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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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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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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Helge-digtene i den Ældre Edda
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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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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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The encyclopedia of mythology
From one of the world's leading historians?a comprehensive narrative of the 3,000 years that have formed Asia's people, culture, and global destiny Tracing its origins in Mesopotamia to its modern role on the global geopolitical stage, historian Arthur Cotterell offers a compelling, lively, and readable account of one of the most culturally diverse, and often misunderstood, parts of the world.…
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The lost beliefs of northern Europe
"Fragments of ancient belief have been incorporated into folklore and Christian dogma with the result that its original tenets have merged with the myths and psychologies of the intervening years. Hilda Ellis Davidson sifts through centuries of cultural and religious influences to locate evidence of these "lost" pagan beliefs. Davidson illustrates how northern pagan religions have been…
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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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