I came across the book when an interview of this author was published in a newspaper.
This was a short excerpt and author mentioned what all he liked about Norse mythology, and story telling culture from the olden days.
Of course, I knew Thor, Loki, Odin and other gods from those Hollywood movies but it didn't really occurred to me that there can be whole series of stories having all these characters.
So here I was with this book. This is a quick read about 300 pages. There is no plot as such because this is not really a novel. It is more like a collection of stories which are told, and retold since time immemorial.
I loved all the stories, and it is great to see how detailed is the base of setting the premise of all stories. It all starts from nothing, and than many worlds, than god, giants, humans etc come into the picture. Surprisingly, the whole story have an end as well. Which is the not the end but a beginning of a new era.
Of course there are some parts related to giants, and impossible feats of gods or otherwise, but these are included to create that aura around the characters, and make them more than human.
I can say this is a must read, and I'll be exploring few more books on similar topic.
Love
This was a short excerpt and author mentioned what all he liked about Norse mythology, and story telling culture from the olden days.
Of course, I knew Thor, Loki, Odin and other gods from those Hollywood movies but it didn't really occurred to me that there can be whole series of stories having all these characters.
So here I was with this book. This is a quick read about 300 pages. There is no plot as such because this is not really a novel. It is more like a collection of stories which are told, and retold since time immemorial.
I loved all the stories, and it is great to see how detailed is the base of setting the premise of all stories. It all starts from nothing, and than many worlds, than god, giants, humans etc come into the picture. Surprisingly, the whole story have an end as well. Which is the not the end but a beginning of a new era.
Of course there are some parts related to giants, and impossible feats of gods or otherwise, but these are included to create that aura around the characters, and make them more than human.
I can say this is a must read, and I'll be exploring few more books on similar topic.
Love
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