The Heroes of Asgard is a classic Victorian retelling of Norse mythology that has enchanted readers since its first publication in 1857. Annie and Eliza Keary bring the grand, haunting tales of the North to life with clarity and elegance, making them accessible without losing their elemental power. From Odin’s relentless quest for wisdom to Thor’s thunderous battles with giants and Loki’s cunning betrayals, each story captures the drama and fatalism that define these ancient legen...

The oldest stories of every race of people tell about the Beginning of Things. But the various folk who first told them were so very different, the tales are so very old, and have changed so greatly in the telling from one generation to another, that there are almost as many accounts of the way in which the world began as there are nations upon the earth. So it is not strange that the people of the North have a legend of the Beginning quite different from that of the Southern, Eastern, and...

*Legends of Norseland (Illustrated Edition)* gathers the mythic narratives of the medieval Scandinavian imagination into an accessible sequence of tales concerning gods, giants, heroes, monsters, fate, and the precarious order of the cosmos. Its literary manner is characteristically vigorous and episodic, balancing solemn cosmogony with adventure, humor, violence, and moral ambiguity. The illustrated format reinforces the book's position between popular retelling, antiquarian folklore, and...

"There are many books on mythology, but we do not know any quite like the present. It gives in a convenient compass all that the ordinary student need know, and the stories are carefully classified. Mr. Guerber has produced a book which is a delight to mind and eye alike."- The Aberdeen Free PressRichly illustrated and remarkably comprehensive, Myths of the Norsemen opens the gates of the ancient Northern world-where Odin rules Valhalla, Thor wield...