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
... Odin's sons , volunteered to visit Helheim ( the land of the dead ) . Mounting Sleipnir , Odin's eight - legged steed , he rode swiftly toward his dreadful destination . For nine days and nights he galloped down ravines ever darker and ...
... Odin's sons , volunteered to visit Helheim ( the land of the dead ) . Mounting Sleipnir , Odin's eight - legged steed , he rode swiftly toward his dreadful destination . For nine days and nights he galloped down ravines ever darker and ...
Page 140
... ODIN The god most favoured by the Vikings , Odin rose in esteem during the eighth and ninth centuries . He took over many of the functions of Donar , the old storm god , and Tyr , the older sky god . As a son of Bor , the father of the ...
... ODIN The god most favoured by the Vikings , Odin rose in esteem during the eighth and ninth centuries . He took over many of the functions of Donar , the old storm god , and Tyr , the older sky god . As a son of Bor , the father of the ...
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... ODIN , chief of the Germanic gods . It means " father of the slain " . The Vikings believed that the heroic dead were gathered in Valhalla , Odin's hall . Valhalla In Germanic mythology , ODIN's hall in Asgard . The home of warriors ...
... ODIN , chief of the Germanic gods . It means " father of the slain " . The Vikings believed that the heroic dead were gathered in Valhalla , Odin's hall . Valhalla In Germanic mythology , ODIN's hall in Asgard . The home of warriors ...
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