Edgar d'Aulaire
In this spectacular follow-up to their beloved Book of Norse Myths, the husband-and-wife team of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire explore the uncanny reaches of Norse mythology, an enchanted night-world populated by trolls of all kinds-mountain ... [... more]
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Tales from the Norse Legends
 Dark brooding tales that hold your interest: My family (me, 3 boys ages 8,7,6 and my 75 year old mother) listened to these Norse tales on a long car trip. They are dark and pessimistic but also fascinating as a glimpse at another world view and creation [... more]
CDN$18.73
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Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
The Caldecott medal-winning d'Aulaires once again captivate their young audience with this beautifully illustrated introduction to Norse legends, telling stories of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god and the theft of his hammer, Loki the ... [... more]
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Ingri d'Aulaire
In this spectacular follow-up to their beloved Book of Norse Myths, the husband-and-wife team of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire explore the uncanny reaches of Norse mythology, an enchanted night-world populated by trolls of all kinds-mountain ... [... more]
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Gods of Fire and Thunder: Volume One Book of The Norse Gods
action packed fantasy thriller: Following his journey as an Argonaut, Hal comes home to settle down in a mundane environment though he still wants wealth. His hope of boredom ends before he reaches his destination as he finds his path blocked by a [... more]
CDN$9.99
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The Masks of Odin: Wisdom of the Ancient Norse
The Germanic Myths yet again hideously distorted: I read this book a few years ago and the foul taste it left in my mouth has yet to dissapate. Why is that time and again, Northern European mythology (Celtic as well as Germanic) has taken such a brutal [... more]
CDN$16.00
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Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend
Ian Myles Slater on: A Compact Edition: I have been reading books about Norse mythology since the mid-1960s, and have studied the primary sources in translation, and, to a very limited (and amateurish) extent, in the original languages. This is exactly [... more]
CDN$20.03
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The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology
An oldie, but goodie: I was required to read this text for a college class that I was taking. I found the text to be very informative, but confusing to understand at time. I still reference this text for the mythology classes I teach, and occasionally I [... more]
CDN$10.50
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Handbook of Norse Mythology
Definitive: The scholarship here is solid as Thor's magic hammer; no doubt about that. I probably won't have to buy another book on Norse mythology. Well, maybe a picture book! The writing style is not "scholarly"; it's quite good prose, really. [... more]
CDN$89.21
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Popular Tales from Norse Mythology
Popular Tales from Norse Mythology: Just a warning to those fooled by the title: Don't expect to find any mention of Odin of Thor in this book. Rather than mythology, the stories in the book would be more appropriately described as folktales or perhaps [... more]
CDN$11.75
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Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth
Excellent book! A must read for Tolkien fans!: Much of the mythology that Tolkien created for England, in his novels, comes from the two backgrounds of Celtic and Norse. Burns' Perilous Realms, the first book of its kind, studies the ways in which the [... more]
CDN$29.95
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Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and ...
Ian Myles Slater on: Another Fine Reference: John Lindow's "Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs" is one of three important reference works on the subject currently or recently available, following Rudolf Simek's [... more]
CDN$26.95
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