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This book was a part of growing up for me. When I found it, having not seen it for decades, I was excited - but getting it in hand was electrifying. My father and older brother would read me stories of heroes and giants from this book at bedtime. I cherish this book and those memories. Wonderful. Thank you Amazon.Product details
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Norse stories retold from the Eddas Hamilton Wright Mabie Books Reviews
Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas (1901, 1902 & 1908)
a.k.a. Norse Mythology Great Stories from the Eddas (2002)
By Hamilton Wright Mabie
This review will be covering several editions of this work, while the text is the same in all the editions their presentations vary greatly.
A well written book covering seventeen of the more popular Norse Myths from the Eddas. Mr. Mabie had a very engaging style that is palatable for adults and will still hold the interest of children.
Now, having said this, it must be remembered that this work was originally written in 1882. This was a time when children were not sheltered from the realities of life and death. A time when being politically correct meant that you voted for the winner. A time when cholera, small pox and numerous other diseases ran rampant through the population from time to time. Children were quite a bit tougher back when this work was written. So if you have a wimpy sheltered child you may want to find another book for story time, something mindless and milk toast like the Disney Channel perhaps.
All the stories are faithfully translated into a readable and entertaining format. While this work can not be considered scholarly, it does convey the spirit of the Norse Era quite well. As a testament to the books quality, few works of any type continue to be published for over a century.
The newest edition, "Norse Mythology, Great Stories from the Eddas", 2002 edition, was, (to me anyway), a bit of a disappointment. While the text remained the same as the older editions, the illustrations or lack of them has not. The early 1900's editions are lavishly illustrated with Nordic style gilt work on every page and simple, but powerful water color's throughout the book. The cover was graced with a depiction of a powerful Viking God, (probably Odin), looking proud and imposing. The 2002 paperback editions cover depicts a beardless, nude, neo-Greek Thor battling Jormungand, from Chapter 9, "Thor Goes Fishing". While the cover art is well done, its style would serve better on a book of Greek or Roman Myths. The interior illustrations and gilt work of the 2002 edition are nonexistent. This lack of interior illustration transforms a very good book with eye catching pages that add life to the myths into just another paperback.
All and all a nice retelling of the tales but if you can get a copy of the older editions it's well worth it.
In Frith,
Spence the Elder
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc"
M. Addams
Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas (1901, 1902, 1908 & 2006)
a.k.a. Norse Mythology Great Stories from the Eddas (2002)
By Hamilton Wright Mabie
This review will be covering several editions of this work, while the text is the same in all the editions their presentations vary greatly.
A well written book covering seventeen of the more popular Norse Myths from the Eddas. Mr. Mabie had a very engaging style that is palatable for adults and will still hold the interest of children.
Now, having said this, it must be remembered that this work was originally written in 1882. This was a time when children were not sheltered from the realities of life and death. A time when being politically correct meant that you voted for the winner. A time when cholera, small pox and numerous other diseases ran rampant through the population from time to time. Children were quite a bit tougher back when this work was written. So if you have a wimpy, sheltered child you may want to find another book for story time. Or try something mindless and milk toast like the Disney Channel.
All the stories are faithfully translated into a readable and entertaining format. While this work can not be considered scholarly, it does convey the spirit of the Norse Era quite well. As a testament to the books quality, few works of any type continue to be published for over a century.
One of the newer editions, "Norse Mythology, Great Stories from the Eddas", 2002, was, (to me anyway), a bit of a disappointment. While the text remained the same as the older editions, the illustrations or lack of them has not. The early 1900's editions are lavishly illustrated with Nordic style gilt work on every page and simple, but powerful water color's throughout the book. The cover was graced with a depiction of a powerful Viking God, (probably Odin), looking proud and imposing. The 2002 paperback editions cover depicts a beardless, nude, neo-Greek Thor battling Jormungand, from the Chapter 9 story, "Thor Goes Fishing". While the cover art is well done,(the 1788 Henry Fuseli painting), its style would be better served on a book of Greek or Roman Myths. The interior illustrations and gilt work of the 2002 edition are nonexistent. This lack of interior illustration transforms a very good book with eye catching pages that add life to the myths into just another paperback.
All and all a nice retelling of the tales but if you can get a copy of the older editions or the 2006 paperback it's well worth it.
In Frith,
Spence the Elder
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc"
M. Addams
I love these stories, I have the book so I had to get it for my phone as well!
This book was a part of growing up for me. When I found it, having not seen it for decades, I was excited - but getting it in hand was electrifying. My father and older brother would read me stories of heroes and giants from this book at bedtime. I cherish this book and those memories. Wonderful. Thank you .
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