"Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life began." Chapter 1, pg. 3

"They knew without her magic apples, they would wither and grow old." Chapter 8, pg. 41

"So the gods and goddesses swaddled Thor in a bridal veil." Chapter 14, pg. 72

"They lay down there but, now that Thor's hammer had failed him for the first time since it was forged by Brokk and Eitri, they were all too anxious as well as too hungry to be able to sleep." Chapter 16, pg. 85

"The ferryman paused and with his one eye peered into the shining water that stops for no man." Chapter 22, pg. 119

"My curse on that ring and that gold! It will destroy whoever owns it." Chapter 26, pg. 140

"The mistletoe flew through the hall and it struck Balder. It pierced him and passed right through him." Chapter 29, pg. 154

"He set fire to the pyre and at once a steady plume of...