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Gods of the North

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London
Kiadó: Thames and Hudson
Kiadás helye: London
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Kötés típusa: Ragasztott papírkötés
Oldalszám: 318 oldal
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Nyelv: Angol  
Méret: 22 cm x 13 cm
ISBN: 0-500-27177-1
Megjegyzés: Fekete-fehér illusztrációkkal, fotókkal.
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For many people the word 'mythology' has come to mean a collection of stories about the gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome: we have half forgotten that we have a mythology of our own. Fortunately, the ancient myths of the Anglo-Saxon and Norse tribes were preserved for hundreds of years, first orally and then in manuscript in Iceland. Making use of thes^ original sources, the Verse Edda and the Prose Edda and the Sagas, Brian Branston has unfolded the story of the northern gods and their universe, retelling the ancient tales by means of his own translations. Gods of the North deals with our 'old' gods - Odin, Thor, Tyr, Balder and the rest - whose monuments in English are now some of the names of the days of the week such as Wednesday, occasional place-names such as
Thundersley, and folk tales such as that of the Wild Hunt. The author's succinct historical introduction shows the
links between Englishmen, Norsemen, Germans and other related continental tribes, while in his... Tovább

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For many people the word 'mythology' has come to mean a collection of stories about the gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome: we have half forgotten that we have a mythology of our own. Fortunately, the ancient myths of the Anglo-Saxon and Norse tribes were preserved for hundreds of years, first orally and then in manuscript in Iceland. Making use of thes^ original sources, the Verse Edda and the Prose Edda and the Sagas, Brian Branston has unfolded the story of the northern gods and their universe, retelling the ancient tales by means of his own translations. Gods of the North deals with our 'old' gods - Odin, Thor, Tyr, Balder and the rest - whose monuments in English are now some of the names of the days of the week such as Wednesday, occasional place-names such as
Thundersley, and folk tales such as that of the Wild Hunt. The author's succinct historical introduction shows the
links between Englishmen, Norsemen, Germans and other related continental tribes, while in his final chapter he assesses the relevance of our ancient mythology for us today. Brian Branston is the author of The Lost Gods of England, also published by Thames and Hudson.
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