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A fascinating collection of fifteen tales straight out of Asgard. Read all about the old Norse myths you will surely recognise. Meet Odin, the All-father, Thor, the god of thunder, Loki, the god of mischief and so many more. From the birth of Ymir, a frost giant, to Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods, explore a world full of wonders and betrayals that have inspired many authors over the centuries. Those magical tales are sure to make you dream of another time, when gods, witches, dragons and dwarves walked side by side and played dangerous games of wit.
Author
Padraic Colum
Read by
Elizabeth Klett
Story
FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
By Padraic Colum
PART I THE DWELLERS IN ASGARD
FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO
Once there was another Sun and another Moon; a different Sun and a different Moon from the ones we see now. Sol was the name of that Sun and Mani was the name of that Moon. But always behind Sol and Mani wolves went, a wolf behind each. The wolves caught on them at last and they devoured Sol and Mani. And then the world was in darkness and cold.
In those times the Gods lived, Odin and Thor, Hödur and Baldur, Tyr and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, as well as Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil. And the beautiful Goddesses were living then, Frigga, Freya, Nanna, Iduna, and Sif. But in the days when the Sun and Moon were destroyed the Gods were destroyed too—all the Gods except Baldur who had died before that time, Vidar and Vali, the sons of Odin, and Modi and Magni, the sons of Thor.
At that time, too, there were men and women in the world. But before the Sun and the Moon were devoured and before the Gods were destroyed, terrible things happened in the world. Snow fell on the four corners of the earth and kept on falling for three seasons. Winds came and blew everything away. And the people of the world who had lived on in spite of the snow and the cold and the winds fought each other, brother killing brother, until all the people were destroyed.
Also there was another earth at that time, an earth green and beautiful. But the terrible winds that blew leveled down forests and hills and dwellings. Then fire came and burnt the earth. There was darkness, for the Sun and the Moon were devoured. The Gods had met with their doom. And the time in which all these things happened was called Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods.
Then a new Sun and a new Moon appeared and went traveling through the heavens; they were more lovely than Sol and Mani, and no wolves followed behind them in chase. The earth became green and beautiful again,...
Section 1 of 27 sections
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Listen to The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths in the app. It's free and ad-free.
About this book
A fascinating collection of fifteen tales straight out of Asgard. Read all about the old Norse myths you will surely recognise. Meet Odin, the All-father, Thor, the god of thunder, Loki, the god of mischief and so many more. From the birth of Ymir, a frost giant, to Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods, explore a world full of wonders and betrayals that have inspired many authors over the centuries. Those magical tales are sure to make you dream of another time, when gods, witches, dragons and dwarves walked side by side and played dangerous games of wit.
Author
Padraic Colum
Read by
Elizabeth Klett
Story
FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
By Padraic Colum
PART I THE DWELLERS IN ASGARD
FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO
Once there was another Sun and another Moon; a different Sun and a different Moon from the ones we see now. Sol was the name of that Sun and Mani was the name of that Moon. But always behind Sol and Mani wolves went, a wolf behind each. The wolves caught on them at last and they devoured Sol and Mani. And then the world was in darkness and cold.
In those times the Gods lived, Odin and Thor, Hödur and Baldur, Tyr and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, as well as Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil. And the beautiful Goddesses were living then, Frigga, Freya, Nanna, Iduna, and Sif. But in the days when the Sun and Moon were destroyed the Gods were destroyed too—all the Gods except Baldur who had died before that time, Vidar and Vali, the sons of Odin, and Modi and Magni, the sons of Thor.
At that time, too, there were men and women in the world. But before the Sun and the Moon were devoured and before the Gods were destroyed, terrible things happened in the world. Snow fell on the four corners of the earth and kept on falling for three seasons. Winds came and blew everything away. And the people of the world who had lived on in spite of the snow and the cold and the winds fought each other, brother killing brother, until all the people were destroyed.
Also there was another earth at that time, an earth green and beautiful. But the terrible winds that blew leveled down forests and hills and dwellings. Then fire came and burnt the earth. There was darkness, for the Sun and the Moon were devoured. The Gods had met with their doom. And the time in which all these things happened was called Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods.
Then a new Sun and a new Moon appeared and went traveling through the heavens; they were more lovely than Sol and Mani, and no wolves followed behind them in chase. The earth became green and beautiful again,...
Section 1 of 27 sections
