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Gods and Heroes - Norse Genre
Books in the Gods and Heroes - Norse genre:
The Story of Siegfried (1882)
A retelling of the Norse legends of Siegfried and the Volsung saga. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle
The Book of Wonder Voyages (1896)
A retelling of four famous hero tales, from The Argonauts to the Norsemen. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s):
None
In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales (1902)
Sixteen Norse tales from the Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Abbie Farwell Brown
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Myths from Many Lands (1906)
A large selection of myths. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Howard Pyle
T. H. Robinson
E. Boyd Smith
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie (1910)
There are few opera librettos that can hold the reader’s attention by themselves; this story of murder, deceit betrayal and crime is not one of them.
Author(s):
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods (1911)
The conclusion of “The Ring” cycle. A tale of murder, theft and depravity ends badly for all concerned.
Author(s):
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Stories of the Vikings (1923)
Author(s):
Maurice Dunlap
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Story of Siegfried (1931)
A retelling of the Norse and German myths of the hero warrior Siegfried.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Illustrator(s):
Peter Hurd
The Ring of the Nibelung (1932)
The story of Wagner’s opera cycle based on Norse sagas of Siegfied and Brunhilde.
Author(s):
Gertrude Henderson
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Beowulf (1939)
Author(s):
William Ellery Leonard
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Ring of the Niblung (1939)
This edition of the complete libretto to “The Ring” contains only forty-eight of the original color illustrations.
Author(s):
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Anthology of Children’s Literature (1940)
An immense anthology with everything from Mother Goose to Eve Curie.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edna Johnson
Carrie E. Scott
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Children’s Hour Volume 8 (1953)
A collection of myth, legend and folktale.
Read online at archive.org.
The Shield Ring (1956)
Author(s):
Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Hero Tales From Many Lands (1961)
A collection of stories about the great heroes of mythology and history.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Laite
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 7 (1962)
A collection of myths, epics and tall tales.
A Companion to World Mythology (1980)
An exhaustive listing of the mythologies of diverse cultures.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard W. Barber
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Lure of the Dark (1984)
A high school girl’s life is disrupted by the Norse god Loki.
Author(s):
Sarah Sargent
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Colm of the Islands (1989)
When Colm unwittingly insults the Hebredean Sea Giant, it abducts his sweetheart and he must ransom her with the rope of pearls from the neck of the Sea-King’s daughter.
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes