D'Aulaires' book of Norse myths /

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by D'Aulaire, Ingri,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] , Norse gods and giants Authors: D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin,--1898-1986. Series: New York Review children's collection Published by : New York Review of Books, (New York :) Physical details: xiii, 154 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. Subject(s): Gods, Norse. | Mythology, Norse. | Giants --Mythology. Year : 2005 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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East Wiltshire Intermediate School 293 Available

Originally published: Norse gods and giants. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1967.

Includes index.

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 -- Sifs 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.