Norse Hero Tales “The King and the Green Angelica” and Other Stories Retold by Isabel Wyatt
128 pp.
Floris Books
Paperback
Published: September 2010
978-0-86315-760-8
These stories of Norse heroes,
beautifully retold by the renowned storyteller Isabel Wyatt, are drawn
from the collection of tales compiled by Saxo Grammaticus (c.1150–1220),
the Danish historian, and other early Scandinavian writers. Included is
an informative introduction. These stories are particularly useful for teaching Norse Mythology in Waldorf class 4 (ages 9–10). Norse Hero Tales was previously published as The King and the Green Angelica.
The world of the Norse men was rich in poetry, legend,
and song. Whenever there was a feast to greet guests, to celebrate
weddings, or for the safe return of voyagers, the bards, or “skalds,”
were called to tell stories and sing songs. Their stories were colorful
and dramatic, telling of kings and queens, princes and princesses, duels
and battles, and great sea journeys. They portrayed heroes to admire
and villains to fear and made listeners tremble and gasp with tales of
love and daring, power, and cunning.
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