Publisher's Synopsis
Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magicand majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the godsand goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard before the dawnof history.Here are the matchless tales of All-Father Odin, who crosses the RainbowBridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drinkfrom the Well of Wisdom; of Thor, whose mighty hammer defends Asgard; ofLoki, whose mischievous cunning leads him to treachery against the gods; ofgiants, dragons, dwarfs and Valkyries; and of the terrible last battle thatdestroyed their world