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Enchanting tales of the gods, kings, and monsters that populated the Anglo-Saxon world.
An atmospheric collection of 30 folk tales exploring stories of cosmology, monsters, conflicts and courtship from the Seven Kingdoms to Middle Earth. This is an entertaining portal into a world overflowing with mythology, magic and all manner of beguiling creatures, which has inspired everything from the Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones.
The book is divided into 3 parts:
• Scop is a set of stories told by the Anglo-Saxon storyteller Scop, from the creation to the destruction of the world. It explores what remains of the gods and monsters of the Anglo-Saxon cosmology.
• Wreccan is pagan stories exploring self-discovery and development through exile. Variations of these tales would have told by the Anglo-Saxons themselves, including Sigemund's rebellion and the trials of Beowulf.
• Bretwalda stories revolve around Bretwalda the chief Anglo-Saxon king who ruled over the majority of the Seven Kingdoms. These stories reflect a period when both the old gods and Christianity existed simultaneously.
Remarkable illustrations by Jesús Sotés breathe new life into these tales of the past.
Contents
Scop - the Age of Gods
Moon over Middle Earth
Tue and the Binding of Helle
Woden and the Wyrm
Thunner, Dinne and Heofenfyr
Frig and the Elven King
The Burning Time of Waellende Wulf
The Vessel of Death
Wreccan - the Age of Heroes
Of Sheaf & Shield, of Geat & Mathilde
Sigemund Victory-hand
Heremod, Hoarder of Rings
Wada's Dream
Wade Waefre
Wade in the Water
Weyland Smith
The Dance to the Music of Mimming
Finn's Last Stand
The Stallion and the Horse
The Harm of Grendel
What has Ingeld to do
The Death of Beowulf
Bretwalda - the Age of England
The Beginning of Wonders
The Avenging of Arilda
The Altars of Raedwald
Penda's Hoard
The Rumwold Prophesy
The Hind of Domne Aefe
Snake-stone and Cattle-song
The Urith Sacrifice
Cuthbert's Demons
The Evengloom of the Gods
Osgyth and the Stag
The Vision of Dryhtehlm
Guthlac turns Wodwo
