Gebundenes Buch

Odin

New & Ancient Norse Tales

Beschreibung

Featuring the full Flame Tree treatment, with new stories from open submissions alongside the classic stories and fascinating background, this gorgeous new book reveals the larger-than-life tales of Odin and his kin, their adventures in the ancient and the modern world, with the gods, giants, valkyrie and creatures of the epic Norse literature.

Autor

Dr Carolyne Larrington (Foreword) is Emerita Professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford. Her research in medieval European literature focuses on Old Norse literature, particularly mythology, and its survival and transformation in the contemporary world. She has translated the Old Norse Poetic Edda (2014) and is the author of the popular The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes (2017). Charlie Shotton (Introductory essay) studied Creative Writing and Film at university after which he has ghost written books on the self-help genre and Norse Paganism, the history of the Vikings and the mythology behind it all, including the famous gods of Odin and Loki as well as the nine realms that encompass these legendary beings.

Produktdetails

• Myths, Gods & Immortals
• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 159mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9781804179321
• ISBN-10: 1804179329
• Artikelnr.: 70060508