In LitRes digital library you can download the book Nordic Gods and Heroes by Padraic Colum! Read reviews of the book and write your own at LitRes! The age-old legends and tales of Nordic mythology are a common heritage of German, Scandinavian, and Anglo-Saxon peoples. This very readable collection features a rich selection of these time-honored stories, retold in simple dramatic fashion by noted Irish author Padraic www.doorway.rus will find themselves drawn into the timeless world of the gods and goddesses who dwell in Asgard, a magical. Nordic Gods and Heroes book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all 5/5(1).
Hello Select your address Books. In LitRes digital library you can download the book Nordic Gods and Heroes by Padraic Colum! Read reviews of the book and write your own at LitRes! Reviewed in the United States on Octo. Verified Purchase. Nordic mythology has been generally portrayed as moody and depressing, with evil defeating Asgard during the Twilight of the Gods. According to Padraic Column the battle was a draw with the Giants and their allies being destroyed as well.
The Icelandic myths of the Elder Edda echo through our cultural consciousness even now, from the days of the week to Marvel comics, and Irish folklorist Padraic Colum’s collection Nordic Gods and Heroes presents in its stylized yet straightforward retelling something that can be called a heathen holiness—a hibernating purity waiting to awaken more fully from frozen, benighted bondage to new life and light. Hello Select your address Books. The age-old legends and tales of Nordic mythology are a common heritage of German, Scandinavian, and Anglo-Saxon peoples. This very readable collection features a rich selection of these time-honored stories, retold in simple dramatic fashion by noted Irish author Padraic Colum. Readers will find themselves drawn into the timeless world of the gods and goddesses who dwell in Asgard, a magical realm reached by a rainbow bridge.
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