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Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
Palgrave Macmillan
November 2012
On Sale: October 30, 2012
256 pages ISBN: 0230338844 EAN: 9780230338845 Kindle: B008214WQW Paperback / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Much like Greek and Roman mythology, Norse myths are still with us. Famous storytellers from JRR Tolkien to Neil Gaiman have drawn their inspiration from the long-haired, mead-drinking, marauding and pillaging Vikings. Their creator is a thirteenth-century Icelandic chieftain by the name of Snorri Sturluson. Like Homer, Snorri was a bard, writing down and embellishing the folklore and pagan legends of medieval Scandinavia. Unlike Homer, Snorri was a man of the worldβa wily political power player, one of the richest men in Iceland who came close to ruling it, and even closer to betraying itβ¦ In Song of the Vikings, award-winning author Nancy Marie Brown brings Snorri Sturlusonβs story to life in a richly textured narrative that draws on newly available sources.
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