Gods and myths of northern Europe /
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| Author / Creator: | Davidson, H. R. Ellis. (Hilda Roderick Ellis), 1914-2006 |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1990, c1964. |
| Description: | 251 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8115235 |
Table of Contents:
- 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 gods 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.