The Viking Gods -

Snorri Sturluson

Gudrun

1995

77 páginas

2h 34m

ISBN-10: 9979856785

The Viking Gods contains excerpts from Snorri Surluson’s Edda, which was written around 1220 and is the most important source on the gods of the Vikings. The Edda has been described as “one of the best story-books of the Middle Ages.”

The Vikings believed that Odin and Thor and the rest of the gods were immortal, and history has proven them right. Their names are mentioned by millions of people every day, as the days of the week are named after the Viking gods: Tuesday after Tyr; Wednesday after Odin (or Woden); Thursday after Thor and Friday after Frey.

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4 (Muito bom)

Forget the character in HQ ...

I love read, I really do. I have read a lot of things in my life, however this was the first time I read a book written in tenth century! Of course, some words were difficult to understand ... in fact, some words are not in use today. But nothing that could harm the pleasure of reading it. I found very interesting know the tales about Odin, Thor and fellows. Sometimes this myth is similar to the Greeks or Romans, other times not. Here we have more strength than sexuality, comparatively with the Greeks, for example. But the fantastic is common to both, also the magic.