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H. R. Ellis Davidson.
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe.
Published Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964.
Series: Pelican Originals.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: C. Nicholls & Co.
Size: 111×180×13mm.
Page count: 251pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the covers on this copy are rather grubby, some foxing on the covers and page edges, text pages yellowed with age; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
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[Publisher’s price for current edn. £9.99]
Weight without packaging: 151g.

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Contents: Intro. — myth-makers — sources of our knowledge; World of the northern gods — Prose Edda — myths outside Edda; Gods of battle — Odin — Valkyries — Berserks; Thunder God — Thor & his adversaries; Gods of peace & plenty — Freyr — companions — mother goddess — Freyja — Vanir; Gods of the sea — Aegir & Ran — Njord; Gods of the dead — Odin; Enigmatic gods — Loki — Balder [et al]; Beginning & end — world tree — creation — end of the world; Passing of the gods.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: Names & sources
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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