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Author:

Osborne, Mary Pope.

Title:

Favorite Norse myths / retold by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Troy Howell.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

vii, 87 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Mythology, Norse--Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Norse.
Norse mythology.

Other Authors:

Howell, Troy, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.

Contents:

Creation : the nine worlds -- Odin's three quests -- The magic stallion -- How Thor got his hammer -- Loki's children -- The giant's bride -- The golden apples -- The fairest feet -- Spell of the giant king -- Marriage of the ice maiden -- The giant's cauldron -- Thor and the clay giant -- The death of Balder -- Twilight of the gods.

Summary:

A collection of rarely retold tales from the "Elder Edda" and the "Younger Edda," two six-hundred-year-old Norse manuscripts.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Children
Wilson's Junior High School
Elem. School Library Collection

ISBN:

9780590480468
0590480464

LCCN:

94034222

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