Nordic Gods and Heroes

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Courier Corporation, 2012 M05 23 - 304 páginas
The age-old legends and tales of Nordic mythology are a common heritage of German, Scandinavian, and Anglo-Saxon peoples. This very readable collection features a rich selection of these time-honored stories, retold in simple dramatic fashion by noted Irish author Padraic Colum.
Readers will find themselves drawn into the timeless world of the gods and goddesses who dwell in Asgard, a magical realm reached by a rainbow bridge. Here unfold the exciting stories of how Frey won Gerda, the Giant Maiden, and how he lost his magic sword; how Thor and Loki fooled Thrym the Giant; the Dwarf’s hoard and the curse that it brought; Baldur’s doom; Sigurd’s youth; Brynhild in the House of Flame; the death of Sigurd; the twilight of the gods; and many more.
Enhanced with over 40 atmospheric illustrations by Willy Pogany, this charming volume will delight myth lovers with its rich selection of enduring legends.

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Far Away and Long
how Loki put the Gods in Danger
how Loki Wrought Mischiefin Asgard
how FreyaGainedher Mecklace and how her loved One Was Lost
how All Things Cameto
Odin Goes To Mimirs Well His Sacrifice For Wisdom
Odin Wins For Men The Magic Mead
Odin tells to Vidar his Silent Son the Secret of his Doings
How Thor and Loki BeFooled Thrym The Giant
how thor Triumphed
The Dwarfs hoard and The Curse that it Brought
THE WITCHS HEART
Sigurds Youth
The Story of Sigmund Signy
Brynhild in the house of Flame
The Death of Sigurd

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Born in a Longford workhouse where his father was first teacher and then master, Padraic Colum grew into an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance before immigrating to the United States. Invited by the Fay brothers to join the National Theatre Society, he married the teacher and writer Mary Maguire, with whom he undertook several joint projects. The Colums immigrated to the United States in 1914. Colum kept up a varied production of verse, plays, fiction, criticism, and children's literature, together with active lecturing. His most extended teaching appointment was at Columbia University, where he and his wife offered a joint course in comparative literature. Colum felt that his Roman Catholic and peasant roots gave him a closer tie to the Irish folk than did the Protestant, Anglo-Irish background of many writers of the Irish renaissance. His poetry usually deals with common people and rural landscapes in a forthright manner. Colum was resolutely Irish, and his work for the most part avoids didacticism or sentimental nationalism in favor of straightforward presentation.

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