Showing posts with label Brian Branston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brian Branston. Show all posts
Monday, 21 December 2020

Balder and the Mistletoe

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'Tis the season to be reading and troll the ancient Yuletide carols, and so on. It is not Christmas without a healthy dose of Norse myth...
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Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Norse Mythology for Christmas

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For me, Christmas is also time to read about Norse myths. It is a tradition and every year I read a story or two of Gods & Heroes from V...
Sunday, 12 February 2017

Time for some Norse mythology?

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I took this picture from Gods & Heroes from Viking Mythology , but I am not blogging about this book in particular which I intend to blo...
Sunday, 6 December 2015

The perfect Yuletide read

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I mentioned before that I have added at my Christmas reading list The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki . Norse mythology is simply perfect for Chri...
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Tyr's Day

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We are Tuesday today, which means, of course, Tyr's Day . The day of the Norse god Tyr . I have blogged about the god Tyr, this too l...
Thursday, 28 November 2013

Thor fights the giant Hrungnir

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I know that for my American friends, we are Thanksgiving. But for me it is merely Thursday . Which means the day of Thor . I am referring...
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Monday, 18 November 2013

Valhalla

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Anybody in the mood for some post about Viking mythology? I know it is not Tyr's Day , or Odin's Day or Thor's Day , that said ...
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Thursday, 13 June 2013

Thor's Journey to Utgard

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It is Thursday, which mean's the Norse god Thor 's Day , which is a good excuse as any to upload on Vraie Fiction another image fr...
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Monday, 22 April 2013

Battle Bjarki

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This is a  new Viking mythology related post, about a Viking hero who is now probably lesser know than other Norse heroes. His name is Bodva...
Monday, 25 February 2013

Another Viking image

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I am uploading this image because... Well, because. Amazon sent me an email recently, an automatic one, offering me to trade this book , G...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013

The Day of Odin

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I know I have blogged about the very same topic before . Maybe this post is just a cheap excuse to upload another picture of Giovanni Case...
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Friday, 18 January 2013

Sigurd and the Dragon

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I left work earlier because of the snow that fell over the UK. Luckily, the trains left on time, so I was not stranded anywhere. Anyway, I...
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Thursday, 3 January 2013

Thor's Day

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After a blog post on the Day of Odin and the Day of Tyr , I had to write one about the Day of Thor , Thursday . The picture at your left ...
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Monday, 17 December 2012

The art of storytelling

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" Long ago, in the old days, there ruled in Sweden a king called Gilfy. King Gilfy loved his northland, even in the bitterly cold win...
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Fenrir the wolf

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Well, today is Tyr's Day as my readership knows from this post . And I am reading at the moment this book . So I decided tonight to up...
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Sunday, 9 December 2012

Viking Mythology

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I have spoiled myself before Christmas and bought Gods & Heroes from Viking Mythology , second handed, from Amazon. Text by Brian Bran...
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Sunday, 13 December 2009

Vikings

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I am reading a book about Viking mythology these days, among other books. The illustrations are not very good, they are a mix of often unre...
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