A journey into the heart of the ancient North to witness the Vikings, Chieftains, and Epic Sagas, and meet the man who created Norse mythology. Drawing on new and original research, Brown produces a richly textured narrative of a world that continues to captivate imaginations and fascinate today.
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A journey into the heart of the ancient North to witness the Vikings, Chieftains, and Epic Sagas, and meet the man who created Norse mythology. Drawing on new and original research, Brown produces a richly textured narrative of a world that continues to captivate imaginations and fascinate today.
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Fine. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Clean Pages 237 pp. 8vo Clean Free Of Writing but slight indentation of thumb print on bottom part of pages. NOT a library copy, Advanced Reader's Edition. Here be the story of the master of Light Elves and Dark Elves. Dwarves and a dragon and Gandalf. J.R.R. Tolkien beloved Icelandic tales of Snorri Sturluson the author of the Medieval Norse Edda epics! Here is a biography and a tale of Icelandic Norse Mythology and the stories that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and his Hobbit. Speaks of Edda use of "Gandalf" Really wonderfully told with b/w illus. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.
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Like New. Size: 6x1x9; All proceeds benefit local libraries. Book is in like new condition except for a very small stain on the back of the dust cover.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. Signed by Brown! Red paper covered boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has same mild wear to spine ends and corners.
Much of what we know of the Norse Gods and legends apparently were preserved and embellished upon by an Icelander of the 12th and 13th centuries, Snoori Snurluson. Most of the chapters start with a story of one of the Gods or legends and then the author skillfully weaves elements of Icelandic/Norse history and Sturulson's biography therein to make an easily read narrative. The last chapter also starts with a Norse legend, some Sturluson biography and Icelandic/Norse history but the preponderance covers the 'history' of Snurluson's manuscripts and their use in later 'culture.' Some of the manuscripts were damaged or lost but those that survived influenced later writers and composers. J.R.R. Tolkien is perhaps the one best known in recent times. However, many of Wagner's Operas are based on Snurluson's work.
Religion played a part in Icelandic society and, interestingly, different classes favored different Gods, Thor was favored by farmers and sailors while Odin was an aristocrat's God. Christianity came to Iceland in 1000 and that was when Icelandic book culture started. Snoori subtly gives some of the myths a Christian coloring 'bringing out the correspondence between Norse paganism and Christian teaching.' Unfortunately, some of the Sagas have been used to foster groups and societies that have been detrimental to world peace.
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