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Title: Norse Myths (Legendary Past Series) by R.I. Page ISBN: 0-292-75546-5 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: If you're looking for a textbook....
Comment: If you want a textbook largely focused on the sources of Norse mythology and obsessed with the origin of Norse mythological metaphors, then you've found it.
When I received this book I was immediately disappointed. It's only 80 pages long and many of those pages are taken up by drawings or pictures of Norse sculptures. If it weren't so short, it could easily pass for a high school textbook.
The actual stories seem almost an afterthought to Page. He uses them more to illustrate the origin of various Norse metaphors. You're almost guaranteed to find something like "and that is why we call rowan 'Thor's deliverance'" at the end of any story. The stories themselves are told in a very dry and unintersting way and aren't put into any logical order. Rather than putting each topic in a separate chapter, Page includes two or three topics in each chapter. With all the unusual names, it's very difficult to remember who is who and almost impossible to go back find where they were first introduced.
If you're a scholar about to study the actual Norse verses, then I highly recommend this book. Page obviously knows a lot about the sources of Norse Mythology and you should find his focus on explaining metaphors very helpful.
If, however, you've got a casual interest in learning about the stories of Norse mythology, then I suggest you look elsewhere.
Rating: 5
Summary: First class (and highly affordable) Norse Mythology book!
Comment: Professor R.I. Page is one of the foremost runologists and Norse scholars today. Anything he writes is a "must buy!" for me. His Norse Mythology book, for its size, is spot-on accurate (from extant sources, etc.) and is not New Age or of indeterminate scholarship. Prof. Page does it right. I have recommended this book many times to folks, and would rate it as one of the best books on Norse myth to come out in recent years. It is certainly reasonably priced, which makes it all the more appealing to those with small budgets. If you're seriously interested in Norse mythology, go buy this book! It is certainly worth it!
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Title: Nordic Gods and Heroes by Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany ISBN: 0486289125 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Mesopotamian Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Henrietta McCall ISBN: 0292751303 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Persian Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis ISBN: 0292711581 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Celtic Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Miranda Jane Green ISBN: 0292727542 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Norse Myths (PANTHEON FAIRY TALE AND FOLKLORE LIBRARY) by Kevin Crossley-Holland ISBN: 0394748468 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1981 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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