The most comprehensive guide to Norse literature, historical folk lore and more. Kvilhaug peels back the layers of the Eddas, Poems and Sagas to reveal hidden truths within Maria's background in research and archaeology is visible throughout with full illustrations, timelines and beautiful translations of passages providing the key to unlocking and deciphering the hidden wisdom within. Her exploration of modern interpretations, past parables, and related cultural mythos provides a deeper layer into the mysteries of Old Norse practices.
The first book to offer an extensive presentation of Rune concepts, mythology and magical applications inspired by Dutch/Frisian traditional lore. Includes a clear and concise explanation of the runes and their placement and significance in the runic alphabet. Introduces the use of runes in counseling and healing of others.
G. Ronald Murphy offers an insightful examination of the lasting significance of Yggdrasil in northern Europe, showing that the tree's image persisted not simply through its absorption into descriptions of Christ's crucifix, but through recognition by the newly converted Christians of the truth of their new religion in the images of their older faith.
“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.
Six-years-war has ended, by the strength of only one man. สงครามหกปีสิ้นสุดลงแล้ว ด้วยพลังของชายเพียงคนเดียว Everyone calls him "Swordmaster". ทุกคนเรียกเขาว่า “ซอร์ดมาสเตอร์” Unfortunately, this is not the story of such time of glory, bloodshed and..... แต่โชคร้ายที่เรื่องนี้ไม่ใช่เรื่องราวแห่งเกียรติยศ การนองเลือด และ.... Ruby: Sola, why don't you just tell them that this is the story of a man in a harem full of beautiful flower girls. รูบี้: โซล่า ทำไมเธอถึงไม่บอกพวกเขาไปล่ะว่านี่คือเรื่องของผู้ชายในฮาเร็มที่เต็มไปด้วยสาวดอกไม้แสนสวย Almond: Could you not disturb her? This is the most important part of our story, and it could decide the future of us all. อัลมอนด์: อย่ารบกวนเธอได้ไหม? นี่เป็นส่วนสำคัญที่สุดของเรื่องราวของเรา และอาจจะตัดสินอนาคตของพวกเราทุกคน Ruby: And I want to ask you why the novel cover doesn't have me on it? Since I'm the main heroine and all. รูบี้: ฉันอยากจะรู้ว่าทำไมปกนิยายถึงไม่มีรูปฉันอยู่บนนั้น? ฉันเป็นนางเอกนะ Sola: I am so fed up with pen tool.. uh... better not talk about it. So, we used a photo of flowers instead, and I think you are not the main heroine. โซล่า: ก็ฉันสุดทนกับ Pen tool แล้ว เอ่อ...อย่าไปพูดถึงมันจะดีกว่า เราก็เลยใช้ภาพดอกไม้แทน แล้วฉันก็คิดว่าเธอไม่ใช่นางเอกหรอก Almond: It's a budget cost too. Those artists charge us over US$200. We are broke. Plain and simple. อัลมอนด์: มันยังเป็นเรื่องงบประมาณด้วย ศิลปินพวกนี้คิดเงินเราแพงถึง US$200 พวกเราไม่มีตังแล้ว ก็แค่นั้น Ruby: That's really expensive, huh. รูบี้: มันแพงจริงๆด้วยนะ Sola: Could you girls stop talking? So, I can continue with the synopsis.... โซล่า: หยุดพูดกันหน่อยได้ไหม? ฉันจะได้เขียนสรุปเรื่องต่อ.... Ruby: I don't understand why this is so important. รูบี้: ฉันไม่เข้าใจว่าทำไมมันถึงสำคัญนัก Sola: Ruby, listen. If we don't have a good synopsis, people will not buy our book, and then..... โซล่า: ฟังนะรูบี้ ถ้าเราไม่มีสรุปเรื่องที่ดี คนก็จะไม่ซื้อหนังสือของเรา แล้วจากนั้น.... Iris: Then what? I want to know it too. ไอริส: แล้วยังไงต่อ? ฉันก็อยากจะรู้เหมือนกัน Sola: Then there will be no book 2. โซล่า: ก็จะไม่มีเล่ม 2 Iris: No book 2, so what? Why should I care? ไอริส: ไม่มีเล่ม 2 แล้วยังไง? ทำไมฉันต้องสนใจด้วย? Sola: Our universe will collapse, and we will disappear forever.. โซล่า: จักรวาลของพวกเราก็จะยุบตัวลง แล้วพวกเราก็จะหายไปตลอดกาล... Iris: What did you say? ไอริส: ว่าไงนะ? Almond: Well, too late now. You talked too much. We have run out of writing space... อัลมอนด์: สายไปซะแล้ว พวกเธอพูดมากเกินไป เราไม่มีเนื้อที่เหลือจะเขียนอะไรแล้ว.... Ruby: What!!!!!NO!!! I don't want to DIE!!!!You do something sis!!! I should have done that human thing with our lord when I still had a chance. Noooooooo...... รูบี้: อะไรนะ!!!!!ไม่!!! ฉันยังไม่อยากตาย!!!!ทำอะไรสักอย่างสิคะพี่!!! ฉันควรจะทำกิจกรรมของมนุษย์กับท่านลอร์ดตอนที่ฉันยังมีโอกาสอยู่ ไม่นะ ไม่...... Iris: Buy it now. People!! Yes, I mean, you!! YES! YOU!!! BUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYY.... ไอริส: ซื้อเลย ทุกคน!!! ใช่ ฉันหมายถึงแกนั่นแหละ!!เออ!!! แกนั่นแหละ!!! ซื้อ!!!!!!!!! Iris is shouting as loud as if this is the last moment of her life, but no one listens. ไอริสตะโกนสุดเสียงราวกับว่านี่คือวินาทีสุดท้ายของชีวิตเธอ แต่กลับไม่มีใครฟังเลย
Delve into the life of modern heathenry where you can learn the lore about the Norse gods and a variety of essential information including meditations, raising a heathen family, deity worship, and much more. This special edition includes full color pictures and extra information not found in the standard edition. There are many paths to the great tree of Yggdrssil.
Ten year old Justine has lived with the loss of her mother for two years. Even while she misses her Mom, she is discovering the gifts they share. When bullying at school makes Justine's life miserable she befriends a tree she calls Drasil. It isn't fair that life causes so much pain for Justine, so her father is happy when she makes a new friend, even when that friend is a tree. She tells stories of visiting a land where peace is valued above everything else and hospitality is the primary virtue. Her father listens to her stories and marvels at how she changes, even as he wonders if her stories are true or the fantasy of a lonely young girl. When the stories get darker and more dangerous he worries that she is being hurt even in this land of peace. He has no idea how much they will both be changed as they get caught up in the struggle between a people who believe in peace, and those who trust in war.
In the Norse mythology we encounter not only gods and giants, but also many animals. This is a fiction book for children, where you can meet many of those animals. Each spread contains a brief information text authored by Saga Berlin and the texts are illustrated with beautiful drawings by Mats Jacobson.
Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland and outlines the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from these regions that have remained embedded in the imagination of the world. The book begins with an Introduction that helps put Scandinavian mythology in place in history, followed by a chapter that explains the meaning of mythic time, and a third section that presents in-depth explanations of each mythological term. These fascinating entries identify particular deities and giants, as well as the places where they dwell and the varied and wily means by which they forge their existence and battle one another. We meet Thor, one of the most powerful gods, who specializes in killing giants using a hammer made for him by dwarfs, not to mention myriad trolls, ogres, humans and strange animals. We learn of the ongoing struggle between the gods, who create the cosmos, and the jötnar, or giants, who aim to destroy it. In the enchanted world where this mythology takes place, we encounter turbulent rivers, majestic mountains, dense forests, storms, fierce winters, eagles, ravens, salmon and snakes in a landscape closely resembling Scandinavia. Beings travel on ships and on horseback; they eat slaughtered meat and drink mead. Spanning from the inception of the universe and the birth of human beings to the universe's destruction and the mythic future, these sparkling tales of creation and destruction, death and rebirth, gods and heroes will entertain readers and offer insight into the relationship between Scandinavian myth, history, and culture.
