H.A. Guerber

Los escandinavos de la era vikinga exploraron los misterios de la vida por medio de sus sagas.La folclorista Helene Adeline Guerber revive a los dioses y diosas, gigantes y enanos, yguerreros y monstruos de estas historias en su clasico Tales of Norse Mythology (Leyendas dela mitologia nordica). Estos relatos, que van desde la comedia hasta la tragedia, rebosan defiguras tan legendarias como las bellas y violentas valkirias, del astuto picaro Loki, y delpoderoso dios Tor. Las leyendas de sus hazañas estan llenas de pasion, amor, amistad, orgullo,coraje, lealtad y traicion. Lleno de bellas ilustraciones a todo color, Leyendas de la mitologianordica es una lectura obligada para cualquier interesado en aprender mas acerca de lasleyendas nordicas, o simplemente para los amantes de una gran historia

The prime importance of the rude fragments of poetry preserved in early Icelandic literature will now be disputed by none, but there has been until recent times an extraordinary indifference to the wealth of religious tradition and mythical lore which they contain.The long neglect of these precious records of our heathen ancestors is not the fault of the material in which all that survives of their religious beliefs is enshrined, for it may safely be asserted that the Edda is as rich in the essentials of national romance and race-imagination, rugged though it be, as the more graceful and idyllic mythology of the South. Neither is it due to anything weak in the conception of the deities themselves, for although they may not rise to great spiritual heights, foremost students of Icelandic literature agree that they stand out rude and massive as the Scandinavian mountains. They exhibit "a spirit of victory, superior to brute force, superior to mere matter, a spirit that fights and overcomes.""Even were some part of the matter of their myths taken from others, yet the Norsemen have given their gods a noble, upright, great spirit, and placed them upon a high level that is all their own.""In fact these old Norse songs have a truth in them, an inward perennial truth and greatness. [xii]It is a greatness not of mere body and gigantic bulk, but a rude greatness of soul."...

Tras la caída del imperio romano los pueblos que se extendieron por toda Europa trajeron consigo nuevas leyendas que reemplazaron a los mitos clásicos grecorromanos. Este libro contiene las más famosas de esas historias; para encontrar las raíces de algunas de ellas hay que remontarse a tiempos de los paganos; otras, en forma de crónicas, narran los hechos de héroes cristianos más recientes.

Stories of Gods and Monsters Scandinavians of the Viking era explored the mysteries of life through their sagas. Folklorist Helene Adeline Guerber brings to life the gods and goddesses, giants and dwarves, and warriors and monsters of these stories in her classic Tales of Norse Mythology. Ranging from the comic to the tragic, these legends are packed with such legendary figures as the beautiful and fierce Valkyries, the wily trickster Loki, and the mighty god Thor.They tell of passion, love, friendship, pride, courage, strength, loyalty, and betrayal. Packed with colorful illustrations, Tales of Norse Mythology is necessary reading for anybody who is interested in learning more about Nordic legends, or who simply likes a great story.