Tales from the Norse Legends

Name: Tales from the Norse Legends
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Edward Ferrie
ISBN: 9789629543938

Author: Edward Ferrie

Narrator: Benjamin Soames

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 04/01/2000

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

The tales of the Norse gods, of the giants, demons, trolls and dwarves, still have the power to fascinate more than a thousand years after they were first told. Here are the stories of the one-eyed god Odin, the all-seeing, who from his throne in Asgard the home of the gods, has to prepare for Ragnarok, the final conflict between good and evil. There are tales too of Tyr the god of war, of the cunning Loki, of Thor the mighty thunder god and a host of others. These retellings of the old tales are given extra dramatic perspective by the music of Mahler, Grieg, Smetana. They come to life as never before.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adia on February 15, 2025

A great introduction to Norse mythology. Includes the creation of the nine worlds, a section on the main gods of Asgard, Loki's children and beginnings (one book I'd read describes Loki as the enfant terrible of the gods, which I thought was funny); a chapter on the vague and magical Yggdrasil, and......more

Goodreads review by B.A. on March 30, 2018

I definitely do not recommend the audio version of this book, as it is very poorly recorded and cued. It’s almost impossible to hear the story at even the loudest volume. To make it worse, they added in really loud background music, which makes it even more difficult to actually hear the story. I su......more

Goodreads review by Nic on April 16, 2014

Tales from the Norse Legends, retold by Edward Ferrie and read by Benjamin Soames is a short but enjoyable audiobook. It starts with a nice retelling of the Norse creation story and then segues into a overview of the chief figures of Norse mythology before embarking on a series of tales featuring Th......more

Goodreads review by Ning-Jia on October 23, 2024

This was absolutely hilarious. Had a really good time with it considering I read up a lot on Marvel's version of Thor and Loki as well. It's nice to know how it all started.......more

Goodreads review by Robert on July 11, 2020

A straight forward telling of the Norse mythology.......more