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Hammer of the North: Myths and Heroes of the Viking Age

Magnus Magnusson

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Echoes of the Ancient World Series

Contents:
Preface
The land of Thule: pre-Viking Scandinavia
The dragon ships: the great age of Viking expansion
Hammer and cross: the coming of the new religion
The great void: creation and doom in the Viking cosmology
Odin, the all-father: lord of the gallows and lord of the slain
Storm and harvest: Thor, Frey, Freyja: gods of the earth and sky
Loki and Baldur: the father of lies and the shining god
Choosers of the slain: Valkyries and the spirits of the otherworld
The way to Hel: death and its after-life
Sacred stones: Norsemen at worship
The heroic ethic: the legend of Sigurd and the code of the warrior.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Unknown Binding

Publisher: Orbis

Release: May 07, 1985

ISBN: 0856133019

ISBN 13: 9780856133015

Hammer of the North: Myths and Heroes of the Viking Age

Magnus Magnusson

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Echoes of the Ancient World Series

Contents:
Preface
The land of Thule: pre-Viking Scandinavia
The dragon ships: the great age of Viking expansion
Hammer and cross: the coming of the new religion
The great void: creation and doom in the Viking cosmology
Odin, the all-father: lord of the gallows and lord of the slain
Storm and harvest: Thor, Frey, Freyja: gods of the earth and sky
Loki and Baldur: the father of lies and the shining god
Choosers of the slain: Valkyries and the spirits of the otherworld
The way to Hel: death and its after-life
Sacred stones: Norsemen at worship
The heroic ethic: the legend of Sigurd and the code of the warrior.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Unknown Binding

Publisher: Orbis

Release: May 07, 1985

ISBN: 0856133019

ISBN 13: 9780856133015

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