In the introduction, Gaiman describes where his fondness for the source material comes from. The book is a retelling of several stories from Norse mythology.
Well worth a read but not the end of my quest for more knowledge on Valhalla and its residents.Norse Mythology is a 2017 book by Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman is a master storyteller I just feel he could have made more of the material he had here. It’s an easy read but not what I’d call spectacular, it’s fun but not funny, it’s got action but not action packed, the myths are interesting not page turners, the gods are humanly heroic not godlike.
As a teacher I can definitely take these myths and make them into a child friendly version, the mead coming out of a god’s bottom, may have to be left out, but we’ve all had pints that tasted like that! I’ve certainly learnt more than I knew, and they were told in a fast and fun way. The book itself is an easy read and as it is a collection of myths, you can quite easily stop between myths, if for example you have to go to work and actually do something rather than just read – I know, it’s wrong but it’s where we get our money for to buy more books! The myths cover a range of Norse Gods and their adventures, obviously a lot of the focus is on Odin Thor and Loki but its great to read about Tyr, Freya, Hod, Heimdall and Frey. I’ve always loved mythology but am much more knowledge about Greek and Roman than Norse, so when a friend recommended a book about Norse mythology and written by the incredible Neil Gaiman, then I jumped at the chance and even bumped it up to ‘to read list’. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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