The Children of Odin

Padraic Colum's classic retelling of norse mythology, excitingly illustrated by Willy Pogany. The adventures of the realm of Asgard are told in compelling prose, as readers follow the feats of Odin, the All-Father, the mighty Thor and his hammer, and the mischievous Loki. The stories include: Part I: The Dwellers In Asgard, Far Away And Long Ago, The Building Of The Wall, Iduna And Her Apples, How Loki Put The Gods In Danger, Sif's Golden Hair, How Loki Wrought Mischief In Asgard, How Brock Brought Judgment On Loki, How Freya Gained Her Necklace And, How Her Loved One Was Lost To Her, How Frey Won Gerda, The Giant Maiden, And How He Lost His Magic Sword, Heimdall And Little Hnossa, How All Things Came To Be, The All-Father's Forebodings, How He Leaves Asgard, Part II: Odin Goes To Mimir's Well, His Sacrifice For Wisdom, Odin Faces An Evil Man, Odin Wins For Men The Magic Mead, Odin Tells To Vidar, His Silent Son, The Secret Of His Doings, Thor And Loki In The Giants' City, How Thor And Loki Befooled, Thrym The Giant, Ægir's Feast, How Thor Triumphed, The Dwarf's Hoard, And, The Curse That It Brought, Part III: The Witches Heart, Foreboding In Asgard, Loki The Betrayer, Loki Against The Æsir, The Valkyrie, The Children Of Loki, Baldur's Doom, Loki's Punishment, Part IV: The Sword Of The Volsungs And The Twilight Of The Gods, Sigurd's Youth, The Sword Gram And The Dragon Fafnir, The Dragon's Blood, The Story Of Sigmund And Signy, The Story Of Sigmund And Sinfiotli, The Story Of The Vengeance Of The Volsungs, And Of The Death Of Sinfiotli, Brynhild In The House Of Flame, Sigurd At The House Of The Nibelungs, How Brynhild Was Won For Gunnar, The Death Of Sigurd, and The Twilight Of The Gods.