@article{437017, author = {Abram, Christopher.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437017}, title = {Myths of the pagan north : the gods of the Norsemen /}, publisher = {Continuum,}, abstract = {Medieval Scandinavia produced one of the world's most famous and best-loved mythologies. The deeds of the Norse gods were told and retold in a body of poems and stories that provides us with a unique insight into the pagan culture of northern Europe, and which fascinates readers to this day. Myths of the Pagan North is a history of these tales from their origins in the early Viking Age through to the thirteenth century that shows how, where and, above all, why these myths were preserved in the Middle Ages, both before and after the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity. --}, recid = {437017}, pages = {xii, 258 p. :}, address = {London ;}, year = {2011}, }