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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
H R Ellis Davidson |
| OCLC Number: | 123237502 |
| Description: | 250 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents: | Introduction. The myth-makers ; The sources of our knowledge ; New light on the myths -- 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 -- 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 -- The thunder god. Thor in the myths ; The temples of Thor ; The hammer of Thor ; The god of the sky ; Thor and his adversaries -- 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 -- The god of the sea. Aegir and Ran ; Njord, god of ships ; The depths of the sea -- 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 -- The enigmatic gods. Bragi and Idun ; Mimir and Hoenir ; The twin gods ; Forseti ; Heimdall ; Loki ; Balder -- 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. |
| Other Titles: | Gods and myths of northern Europe |
| Responsibility: | H.R. Ellis Davidson. |
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