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~ Prose Reading ~

 

Matthias Wilson reads excerpts from the book 'The Norse Myths' by Kevin Crossley-Holland.  
These are stories which wonderfully retell the old myths. 
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The Creation (9,1 MB)

 

The Aesir-Vanir War (3,6 MB)

 

The Gallows Lord (5,0 MB)

 

Njord and Skadi (7,2 MB)

 

Balder´s Dreams (4,5 MB)

 

Loki´s Children (9,0 MB)

 

The Necklace of the Brisings (10,4 MB)

 

Odin and Billing´s Daughter (2,9 MB)

 

Hyndla´s Poem (6,8 MB)

 

Gylfi and Gefion (2,4 MB)

 

The Lay of Loddfafnir (4,9 MB)

 

The Lay of Alvis (7,4 MB)

 

The Lay of Hymir (10,4 MB)

 

The Lay of Thrym (9,8 MB)

 

The Lay of Vafthrudnir (10,2 MB)

 

The Binding of Loki (7,2 MB)

 

Ragnarok (8,4 MB)

The Building of Asgard´s Walls (11 MB)

The Lay of Harbard (10,7 MB)

Idunna´s Apples (12,4 MB)

The Lay of Grimnir (13,5 MB)

Loki´s Flyting (14,8 MB)

The Mead of Poetry (13,6 MB)

Ottar´s Ransom (12,1 MB)

Skirnir´s Journey (11 MB)

The Song of Rig (15,7 MB)

Thor´s Visit to Utgard (30 MB)

The Ballad of Svipdag (11,4 MB)

Thor and Geirrod (10,7 MB)

Thor´s Duel with Hrungnir (16,1 MB)

The Treasures of the Gods (12,5 MB)


All Text © Kevin Crossley-Holland: The Norse Myths. New York 1981, 
Pantheon  Fairy Tale and Folklore Library, paperback, 320 pages. ISBN 0394748468.
Also released as: The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings,  Gardners Books 1996. ISBN 0140258698.

Biographical sketch of Kevin Crossley-Holland

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