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Austin : University of Texas Press, 1990.
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With authority and wit, Professor Page retells the Norse legends and shows how complex and sometimes contradictory their traditions are. Yet it is through these ancient myths that we know how the Norsemen visualized the creation of mankind and the final ending of the world.
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LibraryThing member RottenArsenal
I'm introducing myself to Norse legends and myths, since I've never really spent much time with them outside of Marvel Comics. I picked this one up from my library because it was one of the few non-fiction, non-children's books dealing with the subject.
It isn't quite what I was looking for, but is
I really was more interested in just the stories and not so much the history of who recorded them and so this book is kind of thin. It tells the stories, but from a more clinical, less storytelling view.
Good historical accounting of what we know of the stories, but not as much fun as a bedtime tale.
It isn't quite what I was looking for, but is
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very interesting regardless. It gives a broad introduction to the history and preservation of the old Norse tales while relating the stories as we have them, based on the few recorded accounts that have been preserved.I really was more interested in just the stories and not so much the history of who recorded them and so this book is kind of thin. It tells the stories, but from a more clinical, less storytelling view.
Good historical accounting of what we know of the stories, but not as much fun as a bedtime tale.
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1990
1992 (Dutch translation, by O. Brenninkmeijer)
Physical description
80 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
0292755465 / 9780292755468
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