Scandinavian tales about gods and heroes: mythology, fairy-tale heroism

Based on the well -known sources of the northern epic - “Elder Eddo”, “Younger Eddo”, “Saga of Volsungs”, Skald’s songs and other literary sources, Yuri Svetlanov retold the most impressive legends about gods and heroes. Its retelling is very close to the original, but in some cases it delicately softened the episodes of the barbaric fierce inherent in the Scandinavian sagas. From the vast series of literary versions, he chose the most poetic and socially significant. Despite the abundance of difficultly pronounced names, the text is clear and carried away from the first lines.
The book is also interesting in that it allows us to trace how Scandinavian mythology has penetrated into modern culture directly, preserving the names and names, and even gave rise to the gods of the gods and the universes in cinema, anime, manga, fantasy and computer games.
The ease of presentation, the poetry of many episodes, the amazing charm of the mighty heroes-the father of the gods of Odin, the red-bearded hero of the Torah, the cunning Loki and other bright characters-will be attracted to the book of adolescents 10-14 years old, as well as everyone who is seriously interested in the mythology of the peoples of Scandinavia