18 books like Why the sea is salt
The heroes of Asgard
The Heroes of Asgard is a classic Victorian retelling of Norse mythology that has enchanted readers since its first publication in 1857. Annie and Eliza Keary bring the grand, haunting tales of the North to life with clarity and elegance, making them accessible without losing their elemental power. From Odin’s relentless quest for wisdom to Thor’s thunderous battles with giants and Loki’s cunning…
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Popular Tales from Norse Mythology
Full of giants, trolls, heroes, and beautiful princesses, these 42 folktales include such favorites as "Temptations," "The Magician's Pupil," "Legend of Tannhäuser," "The Outlaw," "The Widow's Son," and "The Goatherd."
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Scandinavian folk-lore
IN this brief outline of an extensive subject I have endeavoured to explain clearly not only what the Icelandic sagas are, but how it happened that they arose in a place so remote from the rest of Europe...The special reasons which explain it are fully stated in the first chapter,...the central Germanic area is not strongly represented; it is on the outmost borders, in Iceland, England, and…
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History and folklore of the Cowichan Indians
This concise work contains several traditional tales of the Cowichan people, who are native to British Columbia. The work includes tales such as The Story of the First Man on Earth, Sowittan and several others. The work was written in an effort to preserve these tales for posterity.
This book was created from a scan of the original artifact, and as such the text of the book is not selectable or…
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Teutonic mythology
This book represents the first third of Swedish author Viktor Rydberg’s theory that the Old Norse myths could all be woven into one master epic. Originally composed in Swedish, this version has been translated into English.
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Norse myths & legends
A collection of stories, primarily about brave warrior gods, told around the fireside on cold winter nights by the people of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
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Rhinegold
Attila’s Treasures continues the story of Hagen from Grundy’s earlier novel Rhinegold, as he is taken as a prisoner by a group of nomadic Huns.
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Creation myths of primitive America in relation to the religious history and mental development of mankind
The remarkably accurate original translations of Native American myths from one of 19th-century America's foremost linguists.
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Myths of northern lands
The aim of this handbook of Northern mythology is to familiarize the English student of letters with the religion of his heathen ancestors, and to set forth, as clearly as possible, the various myths which have exercised an influence over our customs, arts, and literature. As Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Germans, English, and French all came originally from the same stock and worshiped…
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Die Sagen der Germanen
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De la religion du nord de la France avant le christianisme
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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 gods of our fathers
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Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and…
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Teutonic mythology
DR BR42) showing a figure, likely Odin, above a horse with dislocated legs. This may refer to Odins healing of Baldrs horse in the Second Merseburg Charm and was likely a talisman.]]
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Norse mythology, legends of gods and heroes
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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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The road to Hel
This 1943 book uses a variety of evidence from archaeology and literature concerning Norse funeral customs to reconstruct their conception of future life.
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