Fans of Thor, Odin, and Lokiwill find plenty to enjoy and younger readers wanting to know moreabout the characters they read about in comics or see in movies,much like Gaiman first learned of Thor from Jack Kirby and StanLee's stories, will learn to love the original tales from thisretelling. Gaiman's update demonstrates why these stories remainrelevant and continue to enthrall us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like any storyteller, he's updated the language a bit,except where older vernacular adds weight, and focuses on certainelements over others, but the major points of the stories holdtrue. Gaiman previously adapted the Norsestories in some of his other works, like "American Gods" and "TheSandman" comics, but here he tells the stories in their ownsetting. A DelightfulRetelling of the Tales of Thor, Odin, LokiBy RDDIn "NorseMythology", Neil Gaiman retells the Norse stories about the formingof the world, the creation of Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds, howOdin lost his eye, how the gods got their treasures, Loki'schildren, Thor's journey to the land of the giants, the death ofBalder, Ragnarok, and more. 98 of 102 people found the following review helpful.
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