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The halls of valhalla have been crying out for gaiman to tell their stories to a new audience. These stories include the theft of thors hammer, the binding of fenrir and other tales about the aesir. This copy is signed to the inside front cover by neil gaiman. Feb 06, 2017 the first time neil gaiman wrote about the norse gods, they were the con men at the heart of american gods, subsisting off petty grifts in beliefstarved america. In norse mythology, neil gaiman retells the norse stories about the forming of the world, the creation of yggdrasil and the nine worlds, how odin lost his eye, how the gods got their treasures, lokis children, thors journey to the land of the giants, the death of balder, ragnarok, and more.
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