Viking Myths and Legends

Author(s): Sullivan, K E

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Near Fine
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Edition
Impression:	1st Impression
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Brockhampton Press
Publication Year:	1998
Publication Place:	London (20 Bloomsbury Street)
Book ID:	009924
Catalogue(s):	Myths, Legends, Folklore and Fairy Tales

128pp, with stunning full page colour plate illustrations from artists including Arthur Rackham, J Doyle Penrose, Sir Frank Dicksee, Willy Pogany, Richard Jack and many others. In pictorial boards (mild indentations on upper edge). Internally neat. clean, bright and tight. In its original pictorial dust jacket (very slightly bumped along upper edge). Scandinavian mythology is one of profound contracts with stories of unforgettable heroes like Odin, Thor, Freyai and Loki provide a guide for living and a record of pagan Viking thinking. This volume presents, beautifully, a wide selection of these stories, put in their context by a fine introduction by the author, and with further notes and suggested further reading. Lovely volume.

Keywords:

myths legends Scandinavia Thor Odin the vikings