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Old Norse Mythology (Hardcover)
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Old Norse Mythology (Hardcover)
Series: World Mythology in Theory and Everyday Life
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An innovative and accessible overview of how ancient Scandinavians
understood and made use of their mythological stories. Old Norse
Mythology provides a unique survey of the mythology of Scandinavia:
the gods THorr (Thor) with his hammer, the wily and duplicitous
Odinn (Odin), the sly Loki, and other fascinating figures. They
create the world, battle their enemies, and die at the end of the
world, which arises anew with a new generation of gods. These
stories were the mythology of the Vikings, but they were not
written down until long after the conversion to Christianity,
mostly in Iceland. In addition to a broad overview of Nordic myths,
the book presents a case study of one myth, which tells of how
THorr (Thor) fished up the World Serpent, analyzing the myth as a
sacred text of the Vikings. Old Norse Mythology also explores the
debt we owe to medieval intellectuals, who were able to incorporate
the old myths into new paradigms that helped the myths to survive
when they were no longer part of a religious system. This superb
introduction traces the use of the mythology in ideological
contexts, from the Viking Age until the twenty-first century, as
well as in entertainment.
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