Norse Mythology: A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Sagas Gods Heroes and Beliefs of the Vikings

A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Sagas Gods Heroes and Beliefs of the VikingsThis book on Norse Mythology is part of the new series Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology that is written by the best-selling author Matt Clayton. In this ultimate guide on Norse Mythology you will discover captivating stories of the Gods heroes and beliefs of the Vikings.This book is broken into two parts: Heroes and SagasThe Norse GodsThis book is jam-packed with fascinating facts and stories. For instance it covers all that you need to know about the nine realms as well as captivating tales of Odin Thor Loki and Ragnarök.The Vikings of Norse poetry and saga were a fearless lot and their tales were frequently tragic. Some if not all of the myths were based on real people and real events. These heroes accomplished many fantastic feats some of them even documented by their enemies.The Vikings were born out of an age of hardship. Tales of their earliest raids come to us from the 790s during the early European Middle Ages. This was a period of dangerous iciness as the thousand-year climate cycle dipped to the coldest our world had experienced in 7000 years. No doubt the punishing cold for these people of Northern Europe helped to dispel any complacency they may have felt during the warmer mid-Holocene epoch. Death was sitting on their doorstep and the weak and timid would have died from the change in climate. Only the strong and cunning would survive.Like their sagas and heroes the Norse gods were also a rough and tumble group of individuals with strong character and human frailties.Just some of the questions and topics covered in this book include: How Climate Change Made The Vikings RuthlessThe Icelandic SagasThe Varangian GuardVikings in AmericaThe Vikings of SicilyNorman Conquest of EnglandBerserkersVanir against the AesirThe Nine RealmsThe Giants of JotunheimLesser Divine BeingsTales of Odin and ThorLoki and RagnarökAnd much more!Buy the book now and learn more about norse mythology