Author: Birker Leif
Narrator: Christopher Knight
Unabridged: 1 hr 13 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 07/03/2020
Historical and mythological anecdotes are given in this fascinating compilation of stories and facts.
Some of the things you will read about or listen to, concern the following:
- The meaning of the word Viking.
- How Vikings in Norway were, in particular.
- Stories about the creation of the Cosmos.
- The famous tale of Ask and Embla.
- The War of Aesir-Vanir.
- Thor’s hammer and its background story.
- Asgard and its significance in Norse mythology.
And many other things. Get started now and get the information and drama you are craving!
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