A collection of Norse myths that include monsters, human gods, elves, sprites, gnomes, and giants. Describes the warrior maidens, the Valkyries, and Thor who fought giants with a magic hammer. Tells of the goddess Freya who searches heaven and earth for her lost husband and of the trickster Loki.
General Note
Originally published: Norse gods and giants. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1967.
Content Note
The first gods and giants -- The creation of the world -- The creation of man -- Yggdrasil, the world tree -- Asgard and the Aesir gods -- Odin, the all-father -- Thor, the thunder-god -- Loki, the god of the Jotun race -- Sif's golden hair -- Loki's monstrous brood -- Balder, the god of light -- Heimdall, the watchman of Asgard -- Njord, frey and freya -- Bragi, god of poetry -- Odin's eight-legged steed -- The Valkyries and Valhalla -- Frigg and the goddesses -- Freya's wonderful necklace -- Idunn's apples of youth -- Skade, the ski-goddess -- Frey and Gerd, the Jotun maiden -- The theft of Thor's hammer -- Thor and the Jotun Geirrod -- Thor and the Jotun Utgardsloki -- Thor and the Jotun Rungnir -- Thor and the Jotun Aegir -- The death of Balder -- Loki's punishment -- Ragnarokk, the destiny of the gods -- A new world.