It is desirable to know the myths of the peoples of the world at least in general terms, don't you agree? There are too many references to mythology in both classical and modern art and culture. But their full text is often tedious reading: the wild number of characters does not allow one to understand the intricacies of family ties; the motives and actions of the ancients drive modern man into a stupor; gods from the machine just pour out on the poor head of the unsuspecting reader...
It's good that there is a retelling of myths for children, where all these sharp edges are smoothed out. We read the Scandinavian myths with the whole family, and this was definitely one of the most vivid impressions in our literary life! They turned out to be extremely exciting, driving and... funny! Yes, we laughed heartily and for several months now every now and then in our house we hear quotes and "remember how Loki...", "remember how Thor..."
Scandinavian mythology turned out to be super fascinating, it is not inferior to Greek, and the gods of Olympus often smoke on the sidelines compared to their northern colleagues. The funniest character, who sets the tone, is the slacker Loki, he is bored sitting idle, and he either makes the first beautiful goddess bald, or turns into different animals (then a baby boom begins throughout the area, but the babies born are not very nice), and once he even dressed up Thor himself as a bride and sent him behind enemy lines (there was no particular need, it was purely for himself, to laugh). And so he causes trouble without stopping, and everyone else cleans up the mess, but for some reason they cannot seriously give Loki a slap on the wrist.
The world structure of these myths is very interesting, and what beautiful names, just look: the tree of life Igrdrassil, the world of gods Asgard, the world of other lesser known gods Vanaheim, the world of people Midgard. Well, and Valhalla, of course, is also from this opera.
There are questions about the illustrations in this book: why did they have to be done in anime style? It is not clear.
Everything else is great: excellent presentation, dynamic, clear, in simple and good language. Large font, thick white offset, hardcover, the book is thick, medium format.
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