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H. A. Guerber 
Myths of the Norsemen (illustrated) 

Apoio
This book gives you something other books on Norse mythology do not. It contains 64 superb black and while illustrations which, for those who love mythology, are worth the price of the book alone. Also, this volume contains the most dramatic and compelling retelling of Ragnarok I have ever found.In this book, the myths are partly stories and partly explanations of what stories and their characters mean. So it does not feel that you are actually reading tales. For a more ‘direct’ reading of the tales I use Crossley-Holland’s ‘The Norse Myths.’Also, I thought that too much was made of similarities between Greek and Northern mythology at the end of this book. Some comparisons feel artificial and strained. But one should keep in mind that this book was originally written in the 1920s, when linguists were very impressed, some would say ‘scandalized, ‘ by the apparent common origin of most European and some Asian languages. These languages, which today include all but three European languages, belong to the so-called Indo-European or Indo-Aryan group. It does appear that a number of characters in the Greek and Northern myths had a common Indo-Aryan prototype, but as already said, some similarities are farfetched and artificially constructed. The book contains a comprehensive index.
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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9783736817289 ● Tamanho do arquivo 1.5 MB ● Editora BookRix ● Publicado 2014 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 6764236 ● Proteção contra cópia sem

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