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Norse mythology is full of gods and epic heroes. In The Days Of Giants tells some of the best adventures of the Aesir. Abbie Farwell provides an introduction and basic understanding to Norse mythology that is well suited for children or a first time explorer of this fascinating... Read Full Overview

The oldest stories from around the world tell about the "beginnings of things." This collection of thrilling tales of the Far North is no different. Narratives from the Land of the Midnight Sun describe winters as terrible times of cold and gloom, in a region where jagged mountain... Read Full Overview

A delightful retelling of some of the most loved and famous Norse tales-from the beginning of the world, and how Odin traded one of his eyes in exchange for wisdom, to the use of the god Kvasir's blood to create the "Mead of Poetry," and the cataclysmic intrigues with the J tun... Read Full Overview

In the Days of Giants By Abbie Farwell Brown

THE oldest stories of every race of people tell about the Beginning ofThings. But the various folk who first told them were so very different, the tales areso very old, and have changed so greatly in the telling from one generation toanother, that there are almost as many accounts... Read Full Overview

This Book "In The Days of Giants; A Book of Norse Tales" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations... Read Full Overview

In The Days of GiantsBy Abbie Farwell Brown

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

"In The Days of Giants" from Abbie Farwell Brown. An American author (1871-1927).

Strength and joy of life ever marked the doings of the old Norse gods and heroes. These qualities abound in these stories of Norse mythology retold in a simple direct fashion appealing to younger children. Tells among other things how Father Odin lost his eye, how Thor went fishing,... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: In the Days of Giants by Abbie Farwell Brown

This book is made of the stories told by the Northern folk, -the people who live in the land of the midnight sun, where summer is green and pleasant, but winter is a terrible time of cold and gloom; where rocky mountains tower like huge giants, over whose heads the thunder rolls... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview