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Alfodr
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Fenrir
Freyja
Giants
Havamal
Hel
Language
Loki
Mythology
Paganism
Saxo Grammaticus
Sif
Thjazi
Thulur
Vidar
Product details
- ISBN 9781576072172
- Weight: 907g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jun 2001
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Authoritative, comprehensive reference incorporating the latest research on tales, literary and oral sources, and the broad-reaching cultural legacy of Norse mythology.
The book describes the pagan origins of Scandinavia, the interaction between the Vikings and other Europeans, and the concept of time in Norse mythology, and gives a dictionary of deities, themes, and concepts. With 200 entries of up to four pages each, the dictionary includes both well-known characters like Thor and minor figures such as Gleipnir, the "fetter with which the wolf Fenrir was finally bound." It also includes further references about Viking and medieval Scandinavia, archaeology, etymology, the conversion of Iceland, other encyclopedias, and more.
John Lindow is professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
