Norse Mythology The Gods, Goddesses,..., Kelsey A. FullerShafer
Norse Mythology The Gods, Goddesses,..., Kelsey A. FullerShafer
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Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook
From Vikings to Valkyries, an Epic Who's Who in Old Norse Mythology

Author: Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer

Narrator: Aven Shore

Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/03/2023

Synopsis

Discover the gods, goddesses, and heroes from Norse mythology with this beautiful handbook that captures the ancient stories that captivated the Vikings.

Learn more about your favorite Norse gods, goddesses, and heroes with this collection of profiles that share the real stories behind the characters.

With characters from Norse myths coming to life on the big and small screens, and in the pages of new and exciting fiction, this guide can give you all the details you need to understand your favorite heroes, villains, and powerful deities. With comprehensive entries that outline each character’s names, roles, related symbols, and foundational myths, you can get to know the roots of these personas, and better understand the new stories we tell about them today.

About Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer

Dr. Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer is currently the supervisor of access services at the DiMenna-Nyselius Library at Fairfield University. Previously, she spent several years as an instructor of Nordic and Scandinavian studies, with experience teaching numerous courses in music, language, literature, and history at the University of Colorado Boulder and at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. She also served as a library and archives assistant in the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, where she aided patrons with research and translation of English and Swedish language materials. Kelsey is originally from Connecticut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on February 15, 2024

When I saw this at the library, I was excited to learn more about Norse Mythology. I always enjoyed Greek and Roman, but other than a few names I don’t know much about it. This is a good basic book to learn more about it. The author kept it interesting and I learned about many different characters a......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on December 11, 2023

This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 4.0 of 5 On one hand, as a person who really enjoys learning about Norse mythology, I am really glad to see that publishers believe there's still enough interest in the Norse legends to keep putting out the books. On the other hand, h......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on October 08, 2023

Exploring Norse Mythology Kelsey Fuller-Shafer begin this book by starting that to in order to fully explain the history, background, and tales of this extraordinary mythology, she has broken this book down into four parts, which are: 1. What Is Norse Mythology? 2. The Aesir and Vanir. 3. The Jotun and......more

Goodreads review by Theediscerning on November 27, 2023

Well I find that I wasn't that much a lover of this volume's Greek Myths sister ([URL not allowed]), but this seemed to work more. It is again a guide to the thinking of Norse myth that does try and cram as many references to Tolkien and a certain computer game in as it can, b......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on November 12, 2023

Norse Mythology by Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer PHD The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook From Vikings to Valkyries, An Epic Who’s Who in Old Norse Mythology Beautifully illustrated, well-written, easy to follow look into a topic I have always wanted to know more about. This book is one that cannot be re......more

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