Status
Available
Local notes
293.13 May
Collection
Genres
Publication
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (1988), Edition: 1st American ed, 40 pages
Description
The evil giant Thiassi vows to capture Iduna and her magic apples which give the gods on Valhalla everlasting life.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
11.25 x 8.75 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
The tale of Iduna, the Norse goddess whose magic apples maintained the eternal youth of the immortals of Asgard, is here retold for children. When the evil giant Thiassi kidnaps the gentle Iduna, it falls to Loki - the self-centered god of mischief, whose treachery permitted the abduction in the
My recent reading of The Jewel Seed, a children's fantasy novel by Joan Aiken which takes the myth of Iduna as its inspiration, reminded me of this gorgeously-illustrated picture book. Hungarian-born artist László Gál, always one of my favorite fairytale illustrators, creates a sense of mystery and menace with his tempera paintings, framed on each page by gorgeous decorative borders.
I always look for attribution in folkloric and mythological retellings, and was therefore pleased to see that Mayer provided a brief note, explaining the origins of the story in the 10th-century Norwegian poem Haustlong, and the 13th-century Icelandic The Prose Edda. All in all, Iduna and the Magic Apples is a beautiful volume, offering the only picture-book retelling of this particular myth, with which I am familiar.
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first place - to rescue her...My recent reading of The Jewel Seed, a children's fantasy novel by Joan Aiken which takes the myth of Iduna as its inspiration, reminded me of this gorgeously-illustrated picture book. Hungarian-born artist László Gál, always one of my favorite fairytale illustrators, creates a sense of mystery and menace with his tempera paintings, framed on each page by gorgeous decorative borders.
I always look for attribution in folkloric and mythological retellings, and was therefore pleased to see that Mayer provided a brief note, explaining the origins of the story in the 10th-century Norwegian poem Haustlong, and the 13th-century Icelandic The Prose Edda. All in all, Iduna and the Magic Apples is a beautiful volume, offering the only picture-book retelling of this particular myth, with which I am familiar.
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LibraryThing member quantumbutterfly
A find from my local used bookshop. A lovely retelling of the myth of Idunn losing her apples and the Gods fading for it. As always, Loki causes the trouble and ends up helping to fix it. Worth finding!