The writer couple Therese (née Freiin Droste zu Hülshoff) and Felix Dahn presents a comprehensive selection of myths and legends of gods and heroes in this volume. In the first part, Felix Dahn outlines the fundamental concepts of the world of Norse mythology and introduces the main characters of these tales in a subsequent special section, from Odin to Freya and Loki, as well as the Norns and Valkyries. Therese Dahn showcases the most famous hero legends, from the Volsungs to Beowulf and the Nibelungen saga. Illustrated with numerous images. This is a reprint of the eleventh, unaltered edition from 1891.