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Tales of Norse Mythology (1857)

by Annie Keary, Eliza Keary

Other authors: M. E. Earle (Introduction)

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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Heroes of Asgard - Tales from Scandinavian Mythology. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Annie Keary, which is now, at last, again available to you.Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have The Heroes of Asgard - Tales from Scandinavian Mythology in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside The Heroes of Asgard - Tales from Scandinavian Mythology: Look inside the book: The world's beginning, the golden years, the first shadow of evil, evil that came with times, evil fated to come, the troubles of various kinds, all death shadows which fell upon the gods (we shall trace them in the following tales); and above all, hanging over all, crowning all, the twilight, the struggle, the end, the renewing; for it is not, be it observed, the end of the world, of time, of succession of events that is recorded in this myth (called the Ragnarok Myth), but rather of the struggling powers that had been brought by these, that had formed these. ...But we, who are not so presumptuous as to enquire into the future of the ages, and are neither learned nor over inquisitive like king Gylfi, will go on listening to the great-grandmothers' stories, giant stories and god storiesa little bit that one remembers, and a little bit that another remembers, and so on; and all the time we will try to make the story tellers clear to one another and to ourselves as they go on, translating their old fashioned words into our own common every day words and modes of speech, so that we may have at least a chance of understanding them."… (more)
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Keary, Annieprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Keary, Elizamain authorall editionsconfirmed
Earle, M. E.Introductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brock, C. E.Illustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Heroes of Asgard - Tales from Scandinavian Mythology. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Annie Keary, which is now, at last, again available to you.Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have The Heroes of Asgard - Tales from Scandinavian Mythology in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside The Heroes of Asgard - Tales from Scandinavian Mythology: Look inside the book: The world's beginning, the golden years, the first shadow of evil, evil that came with times, evil fated to come, the troubles of various kinds, all death shadows which fell upon the gods (we shall trace them in the following tales); and above all, hanging over all, crowning all, the twilight, the struggle, the end, the renewing; for it is not, be it observed, the end of the world, of time, of succession of events that is recorded in this myth (called the Ragnarok Myth), but rather of the struggling powers that had been brought by these, that had formed these. ...But we, who are not so presumptuous as to enquire into the future of the ages, and are neither learned nor over inquisitive like king Gylfi, will go on listening to the great-grandmothers' stories, giant stories and god storiesa little bit that one remembers, and a little bit that another remembers, and so on; and all the time we will try to make the story tellers clear to one another and to ourselves as they go on, translating their old fashioned words into our own common every day words and modes of speech, so that we may have at least a chance of understanding them."

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