Title Page for The Heroes of Asgard (1930)

Title Page for The Heroes of
                                    Asgard (1930)

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Dunn-Krahn, Sage (en.) b. 13th July 1999
Occupation: Research Assistant

Artifacts

Gungnir (non.) Óðinn's spear whose name means "swaying one."

Creatures: animals, birds, monsters etc.

Jörmungandr (non.) Jormungand (en.) A monstrous serpent who is the progeny of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. This serpent is also known as Miðgarðsormr and, in English, the Midgard Serpent.
Miðgarðsormr (non.) Midgard Serpent (en.) A monstrous serpent who is the progeny of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. This serpent is also known as Jörmungandr and in English as the Midgard Serpent.
Sleipnir (non.) Óðinn´s eight-legged horse which Loki bore after mating with the Giant Builder's stallion Svaðilfari.

Gods and Goddesses

Óðinn (non.) Odin (en.) The chief god of the Æsir in The Prose Edda. However, in Heimskringla he was a mortal who tricks the King of Sweden into believing that he was a god.

Nouns

hestr (non.) horse (en.)
spjót (non.) spear (en.)

Source Materials:

Heroes of Asgard (1930 ed.) (en.)The third illustrated edition of The Heroes of Asgard was published in 1930 and was illustrated by C. E. Brock.

Source Persons

Brock, Charles E. (en.) b. 5 February 1870
d. 28 February 1938
Nationality: English
Occupation: painter, line artist and book illustrator
Keary, Annie (en.) b. 3rd March 1825
d. 3rd March 1879
Nationality: English
Occupation: Novelist, poet, and childrens book writer.
Anna Maria Keary, known as Annie Keary, was an English novelist, poet, and children's writer. Her sister Eliza Keary collaborated with her in writing “The Heroes of Asgard” that was first published in 1857 and many times thereafter.