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Author:

Frith, Alex, author.

Title:

Usborne illustrated Norse myths. / retold by Alex Frith and Louie Stowell ; illustrated by Matteo Pincelli.

Publisher:

EDC Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

279 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Mythology, Norse--Juvenile literature.
Legends--Scandinavia--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Stowell, Louie, author.
Pincelli, Matteo, illustrator.
Usborne Publishing Ltd.

Contents:

About Norse myths -- Characters and realms -- In the beginning. Ymir and the gods ; Odin's thirst for knowledge ; The war of the gods -- Stories of Loki. Loki lends a hand ; Loki's children ; Loki tricks the dwarves -- Stories of Thor. Thor and the sea serpent ; Thor's wedding day ; Thor and the frost giants -- Stories of giants. Hrungnir against the gods ; Thiazi and the golden apples ; Lost in the land of the giants -- The golden curse. The otter's ransom ; Sigurd the dragonslayer ; Brynhild and the ring of fire -- The end of the world. Balder the invincible ; Ragnarok ; A new beginning -- Chart of the Nine Realms -- Where the Norse myths came from.

Summary:

Meet Thor, the thunder god, and Loki, the shapeshifting trickster, as well as sea serpants, fire demons and frost giants in these awe-inspiring myths from the Viking Age.

ISBN:

0794530419
9780794530419

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870187309

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XRPC157 -- Anita Public Library (Anita)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

LPPC815 -- Lake View Public Library (Lake View) — JF Usb

ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)