Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend

andy orchard

The Scandanavian imagination inspires our culture in hundreds of ways, from our words for days and months to customs common in most of our holidays to popular phenomena such as Harry Potter and the Tolkien legends. The entire cast of gods and trolls, heroes and monsters, lands and beliefs, receives a comprehensive survey in more than 1,000 entries, photos, charts, and quotations. Many entries draw upon recent archaeological discoveries which shed new light on ancient rituals and peoples, in many cases providing evidence that the even the most fanciful tales turn out to contain a core of factual history.

Genres mythologynonfictionreferencehistoryresearchreligionfolklore

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1997

This edition

Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 2003 by UNKNO
ISBN: 9780304363858
ASIN: 0304363855
Language: English

About the author

andy orchard

Andrew Philip McDowell "Andy" Orchard, FRSC, FBA is a British academic in Old English, Norse and Celtic literature. He is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.