Introduction

I 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

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

I 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

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