''Norse Gods and Giants'' is a children's book written and illustrated by
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire and published by
Doubleday in 1967.
[ It was reissued by Doubleday in 1986 as ''d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants''][ and by ]New York Review Books
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in 2005 as ''d'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths''.[
The 154-page book is organized as a collection of 30 Norse myths, with color illustrations throughout, from "The first gods and giants" and "The creation of the world" to "Ragnarokk, the destiny of the gods" and "A new world".][ The 2005 ]Library of Congress
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catalog summary called it a companion to ''Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths'', published by Doubleday in 1962, a 192-page collection of 46 Greek myths.[ The Greek and Norse collections are the couple's second and third most widely held works in ]WorldCat
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libraries, after their Caldecott Medal
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-winning picture book
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''Abraham Lincoln'' (Doubleday, 1957)."D'Aulaire, Ingri 1904-1980"
WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
See also
* Norse mythology
* Norse pantheon
In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabited Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature ...
References
External links
Formats and Editions of D'aulaires' Norse gods and giants
at WorldCat
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American picture books
Children's non-fiction books
Norse mythology in art and literature
1967 children's books
Doubleday (publisher) books
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