ASGARD STORIES - 14 Tales from Norse Mythology

A GREAT READ FOR KIDS! In this volume you will find 14 of
the most popular Norse Myths and Tales rewritten especially for children and
Young Adults, retold by Mary Foster and Mabel Cummings - tales and stories like
Odin’s Reward, Tyr and the Wolf, Freyja’s
Necklace, The Hammer of Thor, A Gift from Frigga, The Stealing of Iduna, Skadi,
Ægir’s Feast and more.

This book will also help you better understand the mythology
behind the characters in Marvel’s blockbuster movie THOR, with stories like:

THE HAMMER OF THOR

THOR’S WONDERFUL JOURNEY

HOW THOR LOST HIS HAMMER

THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI to name but a few.

This volume is the outcome of several years’ experience of
the telling of the classic Norse myths to classes of children. It was found
that these were the most popular and quite often re-requested of the stories. There
are graphic descriptions in these Norse tales of the hard struggle with rugged
nature and the severe climate of Northern Europe. The tales and adventures are of
equally rugged men and women full of bravery, heroes in a time when heroes were
needed.

But this is simply not a number of made up tales, many works
were consulted in the preparation of this volume, and the compilers are