Myths of the Norsemen (1909)

Just about every known Norse Myth contained in a single volume

The weighty words of William Morris regarding the Volsunga Saga may be fitly quoted as an introduction to this collection of “Myths of the Norsemen”: “This is the great story of the North, which should be to all our race what the Tale of Troy was to the Greeks.”

Here you will find 600 pages containing just about every Norse, or Viking, Myth known to man, accompanied by many illustrations and facsimiles of the major paintings depicting the many mythological scenes. In essence this is the ultimate collection of Norse Myths and Legends.

Just as they "were writ" over a thousand years ago

It was in the infancy of thought gazing upon a universe filled with divinity, and believing heartily with all sincerity that a large-hearted people reached out in thedark towards ideals which were better than they knew. But, Ragnarok was to undotheir gods because they had stumbled from their higher standards.

We have to thank a curious phenomenon for the preservation of so much of the old lore as we still possess. While modern and foreign influences were changing the Norse language, it remained practically unaltered in Iceland. And so here they are, re-presented in 29 chapters for you to discover “as it was writ” over a thousand years ago.