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Author | : Velma Bourgeois Richmond |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2023-08-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476691630 |
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This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, John Greenleef Whittier and more. In lavish volumes and modest schoolbooks, British and American writers claimed Nordic heritage and explored Nordic traditions. The sagas offered a rich and wide-ranging source for these authors: Volsunga saga's Sigurd the dragon slayer; King Olaf's saga of opposing Nordic Gods and Christianity; Frithiof's model of headstrong youth beset with unfair opposition and lost love. Grettir and Njal tell of men who accepted fate and met conflict and enemies unflinchingly; Aslaug, Gudrida, Hallberga and Hervar exerted remarkable influence; and Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky provided Americans with a Nordic heritage of discovery.
Author | : Lari Don |
Publisher | : Frances Lincoln |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2017-08-23 |
Genre | : Magic |
ISBN | : 9781847806826 |
Download The Dragon's Hoard Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Meet the Vikings and enter their enchanting world full of warriors and battles, heroes and heroines, Berserkers, monsters and zombies, and of course, lots of magic. Illustrated throughout, these eleven amazing stories bring the Viking Sagas, tales they themselves told, to vivid life. A fantastic introduction to Viking mythology, these illustrated tales will have children captivated.
Author | : Velma Bourgeois Richmond |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2023-08-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476649782 |
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This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, John Greenleef Whittier and more. In lavish volumes and modest schoolbooks, British and American writers claimed Nordic heritage and explored Nordic traditions. The sagas offered a rich and wide-ranging source for these authors: Volsunga saga's Sigurd the dragon slayer; King Olaf's saga of opposing Nordic Gods and Christianity; Frithiof's model of headstrong youth beset with unfair opposition and lost love. Grettir and Njal tell of men who accepted fate and met conflict and enemies unflinchingly; Aslaug, Gudrida, Hallberga and Hervar exerted remarkable influence; and Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky provided Americans with a Nordic heritage of discovery.
Author | : Rosalind Kerven |
Publisher | : Chartwell Books |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2017-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0785835555 |
Download Viking Myths and Sagas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Written in consultation with leading academics.
Author | : Francesca Simon |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2016-05-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0571330282 |
Download The Monstrous Child Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager - and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the bets of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity itself is threatened. Francesca's first and wonderful foray into teen.
Author | : Terry Jones |
Publisher | : Pavilion Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Adventure stories |
ISBN | : 9781862052253 |
Download The Saga of Erik the Viking Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A Viking warrior who lived hundreds of years ago sets sail with his men on the Golden Dragon to find the land where the sun goes at night.
Author | : Padraic Colum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Children's literature |
ISBN | : |
Download The Children of Odin Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and gaddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of time.
Author | : Kevin Crossley-Holland |
Publisher | : Quercus |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2014-03-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1623651131 |
Download Bracelet of Bones Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Crossley-Holland, a winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize Bronze Medal, and the Tir Nan-Og Award, and numerous other distinctions, has written an absorbing fantasy novel for young adults with a formidable heroine. The Guardian praised Bracelet of Bones as "superb" Crossley-Holland writes "with a poet's eye and love of words, painting a vivid picture of the world his characters move through, whether it's the morning mist on the river or the smoke from a funeral pyre." One morning Solveig wakes to find her father, Viking mercenary Halfdan, has broken his promise to her by leaving to join the Viking Guard in Constantinople, without her. Deciding to follow him, Solveig sets off in a tiny boat and into an epic adventure, encountering Swedish traders, a ghost-ship and a Russian king, braving arrow-storms and witnessing a living sacrifice. Through it all, Solveig's belief in her father is unwavering. Will she ever reach Constantinople? And will her father be there? An imaginative and poignant novel that explores friendship and betrayal, the father-daughter relationship, the clash of religions and the journey from childhood to adulthood, Bracelet of Bones is a vivid adventure not to be missed.
Author | : Magnus Bledwell |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780330463546 |
Download Sons of Thor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Imagine being a teenage Viking with a lot of growing up to do. Imagine stealing the Shield of Odin, the talisman that offers protection to your entire village, just to impress a beautiful girl who has a mean way with an axe. Now imagine losing both the shield and the girl to an evil prince, leading to the destruction of your home, the death of your father and the possible annihilation of everything you hold dear, just as the Runes foretold . . . In the first book of the epic trilogy SONS OF THOR, Dane the Defiant is a Viking with a destiny, but since that destiny is pretty depressing, he's doing his best to avoid it! Embarking on a quest to rescue the girl and defeat the prince, Dane has to deal with lethal doomfish, an enraged frost giant, a love rival with really great hair and his own fears in order to succeed.
Author | : Padraic Colum |
Publisher | : MacMillan |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Argonauts (Greek mythology) |
ISBN | : |
Download The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes the cycle of myths about the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece, as well as the tales of the Creation of Heaven and Earth, the labors of Hercules, Theseus and the Minotaur, etc.