Project Gutenberg 2014-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 184 Brown, Abbie Farwell 1871 1927 Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd) 1860 1943 Smith, Elmer Boyd 02012213 In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales The beginning of things -- How Odin lost his eye -- Kvasir's blood -- The giant builder -- The magic apples -- Skadi's choice -- The dwarf's gifts -- Loki's children -- The quest of the hammer -- The giantess who would not -- Thor's visit to the giants -- Thor's fishing -- Thor's duel -- In the giant's house -- Balder and the mistletoe -- The punishment of Loki. Produced by David Edwards, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales" by Abbie Farwell Brown is a collection of Norse myths written in the early 20th century. The book explores the rich tapestry of tales surrounding the gods and giants of Norse mythology, primarily focusing on iconic figures such as Odin, Thor, and various giants and dwarfs. This enchanting collection likely includes stories that delve into the creation of the world, the nature of the gods, and their interactions with both mortals and mythical creatures. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces the theme of creation, explaining that in the beginning, two primordial worlds existed: one of fire and one of ice. It describes the origins of Ymir, the frost giant, and Odin, who, along with his brothers, defeated Ymir to create the earth and the heavens from his body. The opening also hints at the ongoing battle between the forces of cold giants and the warm Aesir gods, setting the stage for the many adventures and moral lessons that will unfold through the tales, including heroes, tricksters, and the deep connections between the gods and the world they inhabit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44622/44622-h/images/cover.jpg en Mythology, Norse -- Juvenile literature PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Other 329302 329311 2024-09-18T17:09:48.537935 2023-09-19T12:34:35.185085 text/html text/html 330626 2014-01-12T09:46:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 921680 2014-01-12T09:46:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 997677 2024-09-18T17:09:54.335975 application/epub+zip 998425 2024-09-18T17:09:49.827942 application/epub+zip 199992 2024-09-18T17:09:49.195999 application/epub+zip 1103708 2024-09-18T17:09:57.908909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 988654 2024-09-18T17:09:53.716911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265258 2022-09-20T11:14:57.843079 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292639 2024-09-18T17:09:47.896968 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 292362 2014-01-12T09:45:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 110245 2014-01-12T09:46:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 292057 2014-01-12T09:44:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 110149 2014-01-12T09:46:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 292305 2014-01-12T09:45:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110125 2014-01-12T09:46:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22891 2024-09-18T17:09:58.062892 application/rdf+xml 34611 2024-09-18T17:09:49.315945 image/jpeg 4397 2024-09-18T17:09:49.258929 image/jpeg 922399 2024-09-18T17:09:48.594020 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia