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Treasury of Norse Mythology: Stories of Intrigue, Trickery, Love, and Revenge
Christina Balit
National Geographic Kids
Donna Jo Napoli
Text Copyright © 2015 Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrations Copyright © 2015 Christina Balit
Compilation Copyright © 2015 National Geographic Society
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ILLUSTRATIONS CREDITS
All illustrations: Christina Balit.
Photos: 1.2 (INSET), Vito Palmisano/Getty Images; 2.2 (INSET), filmfoto/Shutterstock; 3.2 (INSET), Werner Forman Archive/Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm/Heritage-Images/Art Resource, NY; 4.3 (INSET), Ko Backpacko/Shutterstock; 5.3 (INSET), Oldmantravels/Flickr; 6.2 (INSET), Werner Forman Archive/Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm/Heritage-Images/Art Resource, NY; 7.2 (INSET), Detail of figures illustrating a saga, from the Isle of Gotland (stone) by Viking (9th century), Historiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden/Bridgeman Images; 8.2 (INSET), David Robertson/Alamy; 8.2 (INSET BACK), Chanwut Jukrachai/Shutterstock; 9.2 (INSET), The Market of Tlatelolco, detail from the Great City of Tenochtitlan, from the cycle “Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Mexico,” 1945 (mural) (see also 97395), Rivera, Diego (1886–1957)/Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico/Bridgeman Images; 10.2 (INSET), Shutterstock; 11.2 (INSET), © Juan Carlos Munoz/Robert Harding World Imagery; 12.2 (INSET), Fedorov Oleksiy/Shutterstock; 13.2 (INSET), Soldiers for the Norwegian King Sverre, Torstein Skevla and Skjervald Skrukka carrying the king’s son Hakon Hakonsson, 1869 (oil on canvas)/Bridgeman Images; 14.2 (INSET), simonekesh/Shutterstock; 15.2 (INSET), Henrik Larsson/Shutterstock; 16.2 (INSET), Jason Steel/Shutterstock; 17.2 (INSET), Odin, with his two crows, Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory) (pen & ink on paper), Icelandic School (18th century)/Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark/Bridgeman Images; 18.2 (INSET), NMPFT/Science Museum/SSPL/Getty Images; bm1.1 (#litres_trial_promo), Heimdall Blowing His Horn Before Ragnarok, from “Melsted’s Edda” (pen & ink and w/c on paper), Icelandic School (18th century)/Arni Magnusson Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland/Bridgeman Images; bm1.2 (#litres_trial_promo), Valhalla and the Midgard Serpent, 1680, Icelandic School (17th century)/Arni Magnusson Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland/Bridgeman Images
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- author.
Treasury of Norse mythology : stories of intrigue, trickery, love, and revenge
/ by Donna Jo Napoli; illustrated by Christina Balit.
pages cm
Audience: Ages 8-12
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4263-2357-7
ISBN 978-1-4263-2098-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4263-2099-6 (library binding : alk. paper)
1. Mythology, Norse–Juvenile literature. 2. Gods, Norse–Juvenile literature. 3. Tales–Scandinavia. I. Balit, Christina, illustrator. II. Title.
BL860.N25 2015
398.209368–dc23
15/RRDS/1
v3.1
Cover: Four inhabitants of Asgard: Odin on his throne, two wolves at his feet; stunning Freyja in her falcon-feather coat; Thor with his hammer high, ready to bash enemies; and Loki lurking, envious and spiteful
Version: 2017-07-07
For Barry, il mio vichingo. —DJN
For my very dear friend Joe Boyle …
a Norse traveler if ever there was one. —CB
Enormous gratitude for guidance throughout this project goes to Professor Scott Mellor of the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The author and illustrator also thank the National Geographic team who worked on this project for their resourcefulness, energy, and wisdom: Amy Briggs, Priyanka Lamichhane, Hillary Leo, and David Seager.
CONTENTS
Cover (#ubb08d8ef-f0ce-50b8-98e0-a833af34f82f)
Title Page (#u7932dd25-41a5-5770-ac7b-98bdb65c1495)
Copyright (#ucd244786-42e2-5b37-9d7e-9437571e71b1)
Dedication (#u49e23e97-7476-581d-a0b6-5baea8548fc2)
Introduction (#u329a062e-2516-5aaf-9c01-5921b02e1dd1)
Note on Norse Names (#uaa1a1ebd-d35b-531e-b1f9-36bb6a909688)
CREATION (#u527ea843-1461-51f7-a243-b2d5a4f8f009)
THE COSMOS (#uc0b7809b-5448-54e8-beb8-f6c713a6bc71)
THE GODS CLASH (#ub6e5f4f1-79c3-5d95-bf32-ef0701972cbb)
ODIN’S QUEST (#uef719ed9-911c-5f5d-9ac0-d06da5390daf)
LOKI’S MONSTROUS CHILDREN (#u986fc382-da8b-51a6-9c56-cbf20ab1c66e)
WAGERS & TREASURES (#litres_trial_promo)
SHAPE-SHIFTERS (#litres_trial_promo)
HEIMDALL’S MANY CHILDREN (#litres_trial_promo)
FREYJA’S SHAME (#litres_trial_promo)
THOR’S HAMMER (#litres_trial_promo)
THOR THE GREEDY (#litres_trial_promo)
IDUNN’S APPLES (#litres_trial_promo)
SKADI & NJORD (#litres_trial_promo)
FREY & GERD (#litres_trial_promo)
DEATH BY BLUNDER (#litres_trial_promo)
THE GODS TAKE VENGEANCE (#litres_trial_promo)
