| Description |
251 pages ; 19 cm |
| Series |
Pelican book A670 |
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Pelican books |
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Pelican books.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The myth makers -- The sources of our knowledge -- New light on the myths -- 1. The world of the northern gods -- The prose edda -- The gods and their world -- Thor and the giants -- The doom of the gods -- The giants and the dwarfs -- Myths outside the prose edda -- 2. The gods of battle -- Odin, lord of hosts -- The Germanic war gods -- The Valkyries of Odin -- The berserks of Odin -- The worship of the war god -- 3. The thunder god -- Thor in the myths -- The temples of Thor -- The hammer of Thor -- The god of the sky -- Thor and his adversaries -- 4. The gods of peace and plenty -- The deity in the wagon -- Freyr, god of plenty -- Companions of Freyr -- The mother goddess -- The goddess Freyja -- The power of the vanir -- 5. The gods of the sea -- Aegir and Ran -- Njord, god of ships -- The depths of the sea -- 6. The gods of the dead -- Odin and Mercury -- Odin as a shaman -- The realm of Odin -- The burial mound -- Thor and the dead -- The dragon and the dead -- 7. The enigmatic gods -- Bragi and Idun -- Mimir and Hoenir -- The twin gods -- Forseti -- Heimdall -- Loki -- Balder -- 8. The beginning and the end -- The world tree -- The creation of the world -- The end of the world -- Conclusion: the passing of the old gods |
| Summary |
Traces the origins and discusses the significance of the major Scandinavian deities |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 225 |
| Subject |
Mythology, Germanic.
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Mythology, Norse.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Northern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045778 -- Religion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Europe, Northern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045778 -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663
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| LC no. |
64056969 |
| ISBN |
0140206701 (paperback) |
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