Norse gods and myth books

If we go into countries like Sweden or Norway, we will understand that much of their culture is based on a Norse mythology that dates back to pre-Christian times and is composed of Viking characters and legends that continue to confer that epic and unique atmosphere. Legends and myths of great warriors, elves and beasts, Valkyries and powerful gods that are part of these following Norse myths and gods books totally recommendable.

Norse gods and myth books

Norse Myths by Neil Gaiman

One of the great narrators of fantastic literature of our time surprised the whole world with the publication of the award-winning graphic novel Sandman, taking time to explore the magic of other lands such as the northern countries. On Nordic myths, Gaiman recovers the stories he read as a child to reinvent them with humor and passion, almost recommending them to parents to read to their children. Throughout its pages we witness the ambitions of the gods or their impulsiveness towards sex and war through characters such as Thor and his famous hammer, Odin or Loki, key characters of the scriptures eddas that constitute the pillar of this mythology. An essential classic.

Mythological Texts from the Eddas, by Snorri Sturluson

Published in 1932, Mythological texts of the Eddas analyzes the most important norse myths of iceland thanks to the work of Snorri, historian and jurist who in the XNUMXth century gave life to the main writings of the so-called minor Edda: gylfaginning, more narrative the Fiction, of a poetic nature, and the Sungtatal, a list of verse forms. Also collected are excerpts from stories of the Norwegian kings who make up the bridge between classical times and medieval Scandinavia, especially in the Icelandic area.

Celtic and Norse Mythology, by Alessandra Bartolotti

Although many usually confuse the mythology of the Celts with that of the Norse and both come from the same origin, the Indo-European peoples, both diversify in different customs. The Celts allow themselves to be guided by magic and romance in their stories, while the Nordics encouraged the conquest, resisting a Christianity that ended up subduing both cultures. These two cultures are analyzed by Bartolotti in this book in which the author dives into her most popular stories with great success.

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The fate of the gods: Interpretation of Norse mythology, by Patxi Lanceros

Professor of Political Philosophy and Cultural Theory at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the University of Deusto, in Bilbao, Patxi Lanceros was in charge of doing the first definitive translation of the Nordic myths into our language. A work in which the author reveals the traits and cosmology of a culture that, like many others that dotted the Earth in ancient times, interpreted the world in a concrete, unique way, extending its stories to Germanic mythologies and Anglo-Saxon so linked to that of the cold northern countries.

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Norse Myths, by RI Page

Raymond Ian Page, who died in 2012, was a British historian obsessed with a Norse mythology that he unraveled in books like his Nordic myths, published in 1992. A compendium of stories including Odin and Thor, Sigurd the Volsung, Freyia and Loki, Gudrun and Brynhild, protagonists of the main epic stories of this mythology of maidens in transparent dresses, gods who wield axes and warriors who are rocked in floats of flying horses. A great tale from one of the great experts of the myths of the north twentieth century.

Danish History (Books of Bad Times), by Saxo Gramático

Saxo Gramatico was a XNUMXth century Danish historian whose main information is known through this book. A review of the history of the kings of Denmark from ancient times for which the author investigated the different stories and narratives of Norse mythology, especially from Iceland. Yours is also Gesta Danorum, Danish history text written in Latin of which different extracts are preserved that today appear in the National Library of Denmark and whose third volume includes an early version of the famous Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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Nordic Heroes: The Official Guide to the Magnus Chase Universe by Rick Riordan

Riordan is an American author whose works deal with link the Nordic myths with the present day through the character of Magnus Chase, a misunderstood kid from Boston. Volumes whose fantasy universe are collected in this volume that will delight lovers of illustrated books thanks to the collection of creatures and characters from Nordic myths that fill this essential guide that also includes interviews, anecdotes and explanations of the gods of Asgard or training for him Ragnarok, the doomsday battle that inspired the latest installment in the Disney/Marvel Thor saga.

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Loki by Mike Vasich

Loki was considered the God of Deception, the same one who was exiled by the gods and promised revenge against them. Accompanied by the wolf Fenrir, the legendary Midgard serpent and an army of giants with which he intends to put an end to the nine worlds, Loki wage a battle against his enemies, Thor and Odin, collected in this entertaining and entertaining book that analyzes the different Nordic stories focusing on one of its flagship characters, best known for the character of the Thor saga played by Tom Hiddleston.

Odin's Mark: The Awakening, by Xavier Marce

The god of wisdom and war is the most important in Norse mythology and the protagonist of this first installment of a transmedia saga that completely changes the way of conceiving literature. Through a code that allows you to access a platform, Marce's universe offers stories based on these myths and this one, in particular, happens through the premonitory dreams of Luis, an aerospace engineer on whom the entire destiny of The humanity.

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