Description: Introduction 1 The Myth-Makers 2 The Sources of Our Knowledge 3 New Light on the Myths 1 The World of the Northern Gods 1 The Prose Edda 2 The Gods and Their World 3 Thor and the Giants 4 The Doom of the Gods 5 The Giants and the Dwarfs 6 Myths outside the Prose Edda 2 The Gods of Battle 1 Odin, Lord of Hosts 2 The Germanic War Gods 3 The Valkyries of Odin 4 The Berserks of Odin 5 The Worship of the War God 3 The Thunder God 1 Thor in the Myths 2 The Temples of Thor 3 The Hammer of Thor 4 The God of the Sky 5 Thor and His Adversaries 4 The Gods of Peace and Plenty 1 The Deity in the Wagon 2 Freyr, God of Plenty 3 Companions of Freyr 4 The Mother Goddess 5 The Goddess Freyja 6 The Power of the Vanir 5 The Gods of the Sea 1 Aegir and Ran 2 Njord, God of Ships 3 The Depths of the Sea 6 The Gods of the Dead 1 Odin and Mercury 2 Odin as a Shaman 3 The Realm of Odin 4 The Burial Mound 5 Thor and the Dead 6 The Dragon and the Dead 7 The Enigmatic Gods 1 Bragi and Idun 2 Mimir and Hoenir 3 The Twin Gods 4 Forseti 5 Heimdall 6 Loki 7 Balder 8 The Beginning and the End 1 The World Tree 2 The Creation of the World 3 The End of the World Conclusion: The Passing of the Old Gods Works of Reference Names and Sources Index

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