The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & LegendsMacmillan, 1989 - 260 pages Fully indexed and containing lavish color illustrations and a wealth of line drawings, this is the most up-to-date, beautiful, and graphically useful reference of its kind on the market today. |
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Page 70
... LOKI discovered that Frigg had overlooked one plant , the mistletoe , thinking it was too weak to threaten her son . Out of spite , Loki persuaded Hodr , Balder's blind twin , to throw a shaft of mistletoe at his brother in sport , and ...
... LOKI discovered that Frigg had overlooked one plant , the mistletoe , thinking it was too weak to threaten her son . Out of spite , Loki persuaded Hodr , Balder's blind twin , to throw a shaft of mistletoe at his brother in sport , and ...
Page 121
... LOKI The trickster god of Germanic myth- ology and a frequent companion of the great gods Thor and Odin . Although Loki's pranks caused the gods endless trouble , he was also the one who rescued them from the results of their own folly ...
... LOKI The trickster god of Germanic myth- ology and a frequent companion of the great gods Thor and Odin . Although Loki's pranks caused the gods endless trouble , he was also the one who rescued them from the results of their own folly ...
Page 246
... LOKI and Sigyn . To punish Loki for causing BALDER's death , the gods turned Vali into a wolf and set him upon his brother Narve . Loki was then bound by Narve's entrails . Valkyries In Germanic mythology , the maidens sent by ODIN to ...
... LOKI and Sigyn . To punish Loki for causing BALDER's death , the gods turned Vali into a wolf and set him upon his brother Narve . Loki was then bound by Narve's entrails . Valkyries In Germanic mythology , the maidens sent by ODIN to ...
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