Norse mythology has been influential through the acts of historical leaders and fictional heroes.  Influencing many societies with their norms and customs.  The Norse pantheon contained many diverse characters, and usually part of a conflict.  It was a conflict that reduced the Ten Worlds, to Nine Worlds.  It was a death of a giant that made the middle earth, the land of humanity.  Worlds cosmically tied by a world-tree.  With conflict, there is also peace and how the different groups interacted with each other.  But that is not to forget the looming fate of Ragnarök.  This is a short book describing the power of the gods, the types of worlds, the different types of beings, and historic events and fiction that propagated the myths. 

 

This is a short introductory book to Norse Mythology.  It does not contain a systematic analysis.  Just a short description of the major gods, beings, heroes, and worlds.