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Valhalla and its pantheon of gods and heroes have always fascinated readers, whether it is how these tales illuminate the Viking world or influence cultural touchstones like J.R.R. Tolkien, whose Middle Earth is heavily indebted to Germanic and Norse mythology, as well as Hollywood and comic-culture.
In the Tales of Valhalla, the Whitticks have dramatically retold these rich stories and set them in context within the wider Viking world. This rich new interpretation includes both myths — stories, usually religious, which explain origins, why things are as they are, the nature of the spiritual — and legends, stories which attempt to explain historical events and may involve historical characters, but are told dramatically and may include supernatural events.
In this accessible and lively volume, we encounter anew the might Odin, Loki the trickster, Thor on his many adventures, Giants, Valkyries, Sigur the dragonslayer, and more. Brilliant and illuminating, Tales of Valhalla brings these hallmarks of world literature to a new generation.
Valhalla and its pantheon of gods and heroes have always fascinated readers, whether it is how these tales illuminate the Viking world or influence cultural touchstones like J.R.R. Tolkien, whose Middle Earth is heavily indebted to Germanic and Norse mythology, as well as Hollywood and comic-culture.
In the Tales of Valhalla, the Whitticks have dramatically retold these rich stories and set them in context within the wider Viking world. This rich new interpretation includes both myths — stories, usually religious, which explain origins, why things are as they are, the nature of the spiritual — and legends, stories which attempt to explain historical events and may involve historical characters, but are told dramatically and may include supernatural events.
In this accessible and lively volume, we encounter anew the might Odin, Loki the trickster, Thor on his many adventures, Giants, Valkyries, Sigur the dragonslayer, and more. Brilliant and illuminating, Tales of Valhalla brings these hallmarks of world literature to a new generation.