Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Orchard was born in North London in 1964, and is a sometime Scholar of both Exeter College, Oxford, and Queens' College, Cambridge. He is currently University Lecturer in the Department of Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge, where he teaches Old English, Old Norse and Insular Latin as a fellow of Emmanuel College. In addition to producing a wide range of scholarly works on the literature and learning of the medieval period, he has led walking tours in the mountains of Iceland for a number of years. This is his third book. Klappentext "A gripping and truly mesmerising delve into the Norse legends. From bestselling books to blockbusting Hollywood movies, the myths of the Scandinavian gods and heroes are part of the modern day landscape. For over a millennium before the arrival of Christianity, the legends permeated everyday life in Iceland and the northern reaches of Europe. Since that time, they have been perpetuated in literature and the arts in forms as diverse as Tolkien and Wagner, graphic novels to the world of Marvel. This book covers the entire cast of supernatural beings, from gods to trolls, heroes to monsters, and deals with the social and historical background to the myths, topics such as burial rites, sacrificial practices and runes."-- Vorwort From Loki to Thor, Ragnarok to Beowulf A gripping and truly mesmerising delve into the Norse legends Zusammenfassung From Loki to Thor, Ragnarok to BeowulfA gripping and truly mesmerising delve into the Norse legends

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Orchard
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2022
• EAN: 9781474626194
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-2619-4
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 220 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Oral History, Biography: literary, Literature & literary studies, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Biography: writers, Children’s / Teenage reference: Subject-specific reference, Reference works (Children's / Teenage), European history: the Vikings, Norse religion and mythology, Icelandic and Old Norse sagas, Old Norse