Cassell Dictionary of Norse Mythology and Legend
Cassell Dictionary of Norse Mythology and Legend
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With over 700 articles, this work explores a rich vein of world mythology and provides an insight into the folklore tradition that has inspired talents such as Wagner and Tolkien. Outline accounts are given of principal myths and legends, backed by extensive quotation from early Norse literature.
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Cassell Dictionary of Norse Mythology and Legend by Andy Orchard
With over 700 articles, this work explores a rich vein of world mythology and provides an insight into the folklore tradition that has inspired talents such as Wagner and Tolkien. Outline accounts are given of principal myths and legends, backed by extensive quotation from early Norse literature.
Andrew Orchard was born in North London in 1964, and is a sometime Scholar of both Exeter College, Oxford, and Queens' College, Cambridge. He is currently University Lecturer in the Department of Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge, where he teaches Old English, Old Norse and Insular Latin as a fellow of Emmanuel College. In addition to producing a wide range of scholarly works on the literature and learning of the medieval period, he has led walkingtours in the mountains of Iceland for a number of years. This is his third bo
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| ISBN 13 | 9780304345205 |
| ISBN 10 | 0304345202 |
| Title | Cassell Dictionary of Norse Mythology and Legend |
| Author | Andy Orchard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1997-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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