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The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths

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Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman · 304 pages

Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly stro

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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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The Demigod Files

Rick Riordan · 163 pages

In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see.These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more.So, if you're armed with this book

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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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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 Poetic Edda

Anonymous · 375 pages

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The Islands of the Blessed

Nancy Farmer · 496 pages

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Bulfinch's Mythology

Thomas Bulfinch · 468 pages

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Valkyrie

Kate O'Hearn · 352 pages

"Freya is a Valkyrie, a reaper of souls. But she hates what she must do. She doesn't like humans and the pain they inflict on each other, and she never wants to visit another battlefield. But when a soldier begs her to help his family back in the human realm, she agrees and discovers a world of friends. Now she'll have to find a way to keep her promise to the soldier and prevent the wrath of Odin

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Favorite Greek Myths

Mary Pope Osborne · 81 pages

Retells twelve tales from Greek mythology, including the stories of King Midas, Echo and Narcissus, the Golden Apples, and Cupid and Psyche.

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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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The Witch's Heart

Genevieve Gornichec · 359 pages

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The Fury of the Gods

John Gwynne · 536 pages

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The White Stag

Kate Seredy · 94 pages

For generations the tribes of Huns and Magyars had moved relentlessly westward, obeying the voices of their pagan gods, which compelled them to follow the elusive white stag to their promised homeland. They swept Europe, all the while pursuing their vision of the stag. Their leader was called Attila, and the land Hungary. Here is the epic story of their tribal migration and their fierce leader - k

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The Raven's Knot

Robin Jarvis · 448 pages

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Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess

George O'Connor · 80 pages

From the moment she emerged, fully grown, from the head of Zeus, Athena was one of the most complex Olympians. This graphic novel retells her many interwoven tales: how she killed Pallas, fought the Gigantes, aided Perseus, and cursed Arachne.

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A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated

Danielle L Jensen · 448 pages

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back. Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s

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The Incompleat Enchanter

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt · 236 pages

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Tanglewood Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 190 pages

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Old Greek Stories

James Baldwin · 192 pages

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Seeress

Ednah Walters · 288 pages

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