mythology, norse

"Angela, Thor's half-sister. The hotheaded Valkyrie--and Annabelle Riggs, the human who shares her form. Skurge the Executioner, freshly returned from Hel. Throg, the mighty Frog of Thunder. Kevin Masterson, the boy who took his father's mace to become the hero Thunderstrike. And the Destroyer, the Asgardian armor built to take down Celestials--its current occupant unknown. This team of murderers, assassins and heroes--and frogs--assembles to save the galaxy from a weapon even Thor himself would fear to fight! Thanos' deadly granddaughter, Nebula, is out to rule the galaxy--and not even the dead will stand in her way! Allied uneasily with Loki and targeted by the Nova Corps, can the Asgardians possibly triumph over Nebula's armada?"--Back cover.

After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.

Jack, a bard-in-training, and his little sister, Lucy, brave their worst nightmares as Lucy is stolen--again--by the Lady of the Lake, and the children face the return of the berserker Thorgil, kelpies, yarthkins, elves, and other obstacles.

"In the United States of Asgard, Astrid Glyn leaves her sacred apple orchard for the first time in almost two years to search for the boy she loves, Soren Bearstar, who has gone missing"--.

Living alone on the streets of Boston, Magnus Chase learns he is the son of a Norse god, from an uncle his mother claimed was dangerous.

A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.

"Magnus and his friends set sail for the farthest borders of Jotunheim and Niflheim in pursuit of Asgard's greatest threat, Loki's demonic ship full of zombies"--Provided by publisher.

Thor, the Norse god of thunder introduces readers to Norse mythology, discussing gods, monsters, and vikings.

"Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants."--Amazon.

Discusses the mythology of ancient Scandinavia by looking at how they describe the times in which they were created and how they influenced the religion of the Norse people.