The Children of Odin: the Book of Northern Myths

Publisher Marketing: Once there was another Sun and another Moon; a different Sun and a different Moon from the ones we see now. Sol was the name of that Sun and Mani was the name of that Moon. But always behind Sol and Mani wolves went, a wolf behind each. The wolves caught on them at last and they devoured Sol and Mani. And then the world was in darkness and cold. In those times the Gods lived, Odin and Thor, Hodur and Baldur, Tyr and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, as well as Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil. And the beautiful Goddesses were living then, Frigga, Freya, Nanna, Iduna, and Sif. But in the days when the Sun and Moon were destroyed the Gods were destroyed too-all the Gods except Baldur who had died before that time, Vidar and Vali, the sons of Odin, and Modi and Magni, the sons of Thor. At that time, too, there were men and women in the world. But before the Sun and the Moon were devoured and before the Gods were destroyed, terrible things happened in the world. Snow fell on the four corners of the earth and kept on falling for three seasons. Winds came and blew everything away. And the people of the world who had lived on in spite of the snow and the cold and the winds fought each other, brother killing brother, until all the people were destroyed. Also there was another earth at that time, an earth green and beautiful. But the terrible winds that blew leveled down forests and hills and dwellings. Then fire came and burnt the earth. There was darkness, for the Sun and the Moon were devoured. The Gods had met with their doom. And the time in which all these things happened was called Ragnarok, the Twilight of the Gods. Review Citations: Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 41 (EAN 9780027228908, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/1995 pg. 46 (EAN 9780027228908, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 41 (EAN 9780027228908, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 41 (EAN 9780020421009, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/1995 pg. 46 (EAN 9780020421009, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 41 (EAN 9780020421009, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Colum, Padraic Padraic Colum (1881 1972) was a poet, a playwright, and a leader of the Irish Renaissance, but he is best known for his works for children, including The Children of Odin and The Golden Fleece (a Newbery Honor Book).