114 pages

Edda and Art

Myths and Legends of the Viking Age on 351 quality pages

Illustrated with over 300 years of great Art

The aim of this edition is to show the Edda in the context of the great art it has inspired through the centuries and across national borders. The book contains about 130 paintings, watercolours, wood-cuts, drawings by artists from: Denmark, The Faeroe Islands, Great Britain, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland

351 pages

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The Viking Gods, contains excerpts from Snorri Surluson's Edda, which was written around 1220 and is the most important source on the gods of the Vikings.

The Edda has been described as "one of the best story-books of the Middle Ages." The Vikings believed that Odin and Thor and the rest of the gods were immortal, and history has proven them right.

Their names are mentioned by millions of people every day, as the days of the week are named after the Viking gods: Tuesday after Tyr; Wednesday after Odin (or Woden); Thursday after Thor and Friday after Frey

80 pages

Hávamál is the words of wisdom which gave spiritual nourishment to the vikings on their long journeys over the rough sea to discover new lands.

These sayings give a clear picture of their viewpoints and attitudes towards life.

Hávamál tells you how to treat guests and how to behave, and advises about the art of living, friendship, money, happiness, eating, travelling, and even positive thinking.

Hávamál tells you how to use power, tells you about the nature of secrecy, explains foresight and agility, extravagance and moderation. And more....

Hávamál has often been compared to the old Chinese book of Tao (The Way), which could be called the Wisdom of the East.

In the same manner the Hávamál is well described as The Wisdom of the North

93 pages

Achieve Succes...

The Vikings’ Guide to Good Business is filled with the wisdom of good business practices. Its ancient text contains shrewd insights for all those who wish to do business either at home or abroad.

... Trough Wisdom

A great mountain may contain but a grain of gold. And for all the mountains of human knowledge there are but a few grains of true wisdom.

77 pages

A Little Book about the Runes

This short and readable book tells the story of the Runes, and explaines each one with the help of a runic rhyme dating from theViking Age.

The old runic letters were much used in the Viking Age.

Runes have been found from the Black Sea in the South, to Russia in the East, all over Europe and Scandinavia, and in Greenland.

Wherever there were Vikings, there were runes. Runes on memorial stones, weapons, tools, calfskin, wax plates, wooden boards and pins.

A Little Book about the Runes is a quick and charming guide to a facinating world, for the general reader

93 pages

The Prophecy is an ancient poem from Scandinavia, often called Voluspa, which literally means “ the prophecy of the seerees” and describes a vision which appears to her.

The Prophecy is the story of the creation of the world, as told in the ancient faith of the Vikings. It is also a prophecy about the fate of heaven and Earth.

The Prophecy is not only a unique record about the way people thought and viewed the world in ancient times; The Prophecy is also the most famous and undoubtedly the most beautiful poem from the Viking Age

96 pages