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The Poetic Edda

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D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

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The Norse Myths

Kevin Crossley-Holland · 276 pages

After a lengthy detailed introduction on background material, the important myths are retold.

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American Gods

Neil Gaiman · 592 pages

Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming -- a battle for the very soul of America . . . and they are in its direct path. One of the most talked-about books of the new millennium, American Gods is a kaleidoscopic j

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Metamorphoses

Ovid · 394 pages

Poetry CollectionGods & MythologyClassicsFantasy
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Odin's Ravens

K.L. Armstrong, M.A. Marr · 355 pages

When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendants of the gods band together to fight monsters, and Matt Thorsen and his friends must journey to the underworld to save a descendant.

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Ἰλιάς

Ὅμηρος · 432 pages

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The Prose Edda

Snorri Sturluson · 241 pages

"Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of t

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The Monstrous Child

Francesca Simon · 303 pages

Eternal teenager Hel, who was born with the legs of a rotting corpse, is goddess of the Underworld where she creates a magical atmosphere to welcome the dead for eternity, until eternity is threatened.

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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings

Abolqasem Ferdowsi · 928 pages

Shahnameh is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. It is considered as one of the greatest Persian epics.

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The Hammer of Thor

Rick Riordan · 484 pages

"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?" It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can. As a son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus doesn't exactly fit in with the rest of O

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The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri · 476 pages

This multimedia product synchronizes Sermonti's reading of the Divind Comedy with the scrolling of the actual text across the screen, allowing the viewer to read and listen at the same time.

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Bullfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable

Thomas Bulfinch · 450 pages

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The Witch's Heart

Genevieve Gornichec · 359 pages

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The Kalevala: Epic of the Finnish People

Elias Lonnrot · 408 pages

A translation of the national folk epic of Finland which reflects ancient Finnish life.

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The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok

Ben Waggoner · 150 pages

Norse MythologyGods & MythologyClassicsFantasy
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The Incompleat Enchanter

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt · 236 pages

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The Age of Odin

James Lovegrove

Norse MythologyGods & MythologyFantasy
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Venus and Adonis

William Shakespeare, Christa Jansohn · 56 pages

Adonis is a youth of unsurpassed beauty. A hunter. The goddess Venus, sees him and falls madly in love with him. Venus's love becomes boundless and without limit and Adonis rejects her even though she is a beautiful goddess and the goddess of love. And thereby hangs a tale. The story is told through the lamentations of Venus for Adonis's rejection of her love.

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The Lusiads

Luis de Camoes · 258 pages

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Seeress

Ednah Walters · 288 pages

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