Notes
The world of the Norse myth is exciting and profound, familiar and fantastic, beautiful and extremely funny. In this extravagant world, gods and men play practical jokes and dirty tricks: a sleeping Frost Giant produces the first human beings from his own sweat, an evil dwarf is conned out of claiming a beautiful woman for his bride, and the god Thor resorts to cross-dressing to retrieve his beloved hammer! These classic retellings of Viking tales are on one level thrilling stories of battles, contests, quests, and love-matches; on the other, they are profound myths that explain the mysteries of creation, life, love, death, and rebirth.
