Bibliograph

Sagas of the Norsemen, Viking and German myth

Type

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Sagas of the Norsemen, Viking and German myth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 144) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sagas of the Norsemen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38202918

Series statement

Myth and mankind

Sub title

Viking and German myth

Summary

Includes Gods, Goddesses, the Viking and Germanic world, tales of myths and more

Table Of Contents

The Viking and Germanic world. The Germanic peoples -- Witnesses from the earth -- Heroic poetry -- Medieval literature -- Picture essay: The Oseburg ship burial -- Gods of war and destiny. The Aesir -- Odin, god of war and magic -- Thor, god of thunder -- Loki, companion to the gods -- The shadowy pantheon -- Picture essay: The art of warfare -- Lords of fertility and prosperity. The war between the Aesir and Vanir -- Njord and the bounty of the sea -- The mighty ocean -- Feyr, lord of fertility -- The passionate goddess -- Goddesses and the fates of men -- Triumph of the hero. Legends and themes -- Bothvar Bjarki, the battle bear -- The death of Beowulf -- Tannhäuser, the minstrel -- The Volsung heroes -- The gold of the Nibelungs -- Picture essay : Viking and Christian art -- Gudrun of the Hegelings -- Starkad, hero and traitor -- Grettir the outlaw -- Dietrich of Bern and his champions -- How the Lombards came to Italy -- Creation and the doom of the gods. The creation of the universe -- The three levels of existence -- Picture essay: Sacrifice and burial -- The death of Balder -- The end of the world -- The Nordic legacy

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Viking and German mythViking & German myth

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