D th names: Loki, Thor, Odin, nd Freya sound n familiar t you? Bfr th birth f Christianity in th middle age, th n glorified Vikings nd Germanic people hd thir w f life. Thi religion, culture, r tradition nvr hd n tul name, but it w muh respected, complicated, nd highly sophisticated.
Thi "Tradition", it w called b th wh practiced it t tht tim, w engulfed rund m rtin myths nd extraordinary personalities. Th religious stories wr passed dwn frm generation t generation until thr m a tim whn it w washed ashore. Thi fascinating religion f th Vikings blossomed until th birth f Christianity.
Thi didn't stop th practice f thi "tradition" fr m people. T th Germanic people, th birth f Christianity brought a slow death to th Norse tradition. Th vr faithful people t th religion wr nw called "The Heathen". Th uniqueness f th Norse mythology n b n frm it vr diffrnt point f view nd it cyclical view f time.
Modern knowledge f Norse mythology stems frm medieval texts, mt f thm written in Iceland. Descendants f Norse colonists in tht country maintained a strong interest in thir heritage vn ftr bming Christian.
This book provides a brief introduction to Norse mythology, its gods and goddesses, and most important th tales f th Norse mythology that encompasses rund th birth, death, nd rebirth f th cosmos t Ragnarok. Th stories show nd tll u tht th events r in a cyclical narrative form.