A Dictionary of Northern Mythology

Author: Rudolf Simek
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0859915131

A Dictionary of Northern Mythology

Scholarly and precise. Download A Dictionary of Northern Mythology from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. . Should be established as the standard work on its subject... belongs in any major reference collection. REFERENCE REVIEWS For two and a half thousand years, from 1500 BC to AD 1000, a culture as significant as the classical civilisation of the Mediterranean world settled an immense area in northern Europe that stretched from Iceland to the Black Sea. But the sources of our knowledge about these societies are relatively few, leaving the gods of the North shrouded in mystery. In compiling this dictionary Rudolf Simek has made the fullest possible use of the information available -Christian accounts, Eddic lays, the Elder Edda, runic inscriptions, Roman authors (especially Tacitus), votive stones, place names and archaeological Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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