From Asgard to Valhalla

The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths

Heather O'Donoghue (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2024 | 2nd edition
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-25280-6 (ISBN)

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From Asgard to Valhalla takes readers deep inside Odin’s cavernous hall and tells of the adventures, tragedies and lessons of the Viking Gods. Here, Heather O’Donoghue skillfully uncovers both the history and legacy of these myths to provide the authoritative student text on Old Norse mythology.

From the magnificent tales of A Song of Ice and Fire and the supernatural wonders of Valkyries to Tolkien’s Riders of Rohan and Marvel’s mighty Thor, Norse mythology is a fundamental part of western culture. Drawing from a wealth of sources and scholarly debates, this fully-updated and expanded 2nd edition offers both an engaging survey of the Old Norse myths and an accessible introduction to how such strange and fragmentary material has been seized, repurposed and at times abused throughout the centuries. Notably, this important and timely study explores how Old Norse mythology has been – and continues to be – weaponized by far right movements across the world.

Containing 2 brand new chapters on post-medieval reception, 30 illustrations for a stronger visual context and pedagogical updates throughout to aid further study, this new edition of From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths is a vital resource for all students of Old Norse mythology.

Heather O’Donoghue is Professor of Old Norse at University of Oxford, UK. Among others, she is the author of Old Norse Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction (2004), English Poetry and Old Norse (2014) and Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), among others. She has also broadcast with the BBC on the topic of the Norse Gods.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. The Earliest Sources of Old Norse Mythology
1. Creation and the Cosmos
2. Gods and Giants
3. Heroes and Humans
4. Afterlife and Apocalypse
Part II. The Reception of Norse Myth
5. The Viking Legacy
6. Romantic Revolutions
7. The Rise of Racism
8. Myth and Mass Media
9. The Misappropriation of Mythology
Epilogue
Further Reading
A Note on Proper Names
Appendix: Timeline
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.02.2024
Zusatzinfo	30 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-350-25280-8 / 1350252808
ISBN-13	978-1-350-25280-6 / 9781350252806
Zustand	Neuware