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Norse mythology Information
6,263 words, approx. 21 pages
 Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian peoples, including those who settled on Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. Norse...




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 Monarch Notes
Norse Mythology: Scandinavian Mythology
01/01/1963: 6,402 words, approx. 21 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Scandinavian Mythology A. The Creation At The Dawn Of Time there was nothing, neither sand nor sea, nor earth nor sky, only a huge chasm. The sun, the moon, the stars had no places. In the regions north of the great...
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Norse Mythology: Preface
01/01/1963: 820 words, approx. 3 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Preface In a book of this nature which deals with people and places of foreign tongues, one of the first problems to be solved is that of orthography. When it comes to Teutonic - Scandinavian, Babylonian, and Indian spelling, the problem...
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Swedes Guard Christmas Goat From Vandals
12/3/2006: 403 words, approx. 1 pages For 40 years it has been torched, vandalized, had its legs cut off and even been run over by a car. But officials in the Swedish city of Gavle are guaranteeing that this year's giant straw Christmas goat _ the...
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Metal is sweet music to guitar makers
8/27/2007: 1,016 words, approx. 3 pages There aren't too many mean-looking things in Cupertino, this sleepy Silicon Valley haunt of Apple employees and overachieving middle schoolers.But there's something gruesome growing in one corner of town: Halo Custom Guitars, Inc.Fueled by a resurgence in heavy metal music, and its numerous dark sub-genres,...



Literary Criticism
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John Arnott MacCulloch (1964)
8,945 words, approx. 30 pages
 In this excerpt, MacCulloch summarizes the Eddic creation myths and the conception of the Heavens and Earth.
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Kevin Crossley-Holland (1980)
6,382 words, approx. 21 pages
 In this excerpt, Crossley-Holland describes the Norse pantheon and the primary sources for the Norse mythological tradition.
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Brian Branston (1955)
4,472 words, approx. 15 pages
 In the following excerpt, Branston provides the historical context and description of the Norse people and culture, particularly in Iceland.


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