You still can tell that there is plenty of extra material to delve into after reading this book if you want a very thorough understanding of Norse mythology and etymology, but I feel like this book is a very good place to start if you really are interested. If you feel on the fence about dealing with hefty material without wanting to make much of an effort (parts of this may require re-reading in order to really get a grip of it) then I might suggest trying a different book. You'll discover how Thor got his hammer and how Odin lost his eye, the terrible price of binding the wolf Fenrir and why Loki the Trickster can never. It is the type of book where I could tell beforehand that it would be difficult in places to put certain parts together - at least for a while - but I have read similar books so I felt like I could deal with it and I could. The Penguin Book of the Norse Myths compellingly retells these stories for the modern reader, taking us from the creation of the world through the building of Asgard's Wall to the end in Ragnarok. On their own a lot of these myths can be very difficult to understand, but this book comes with not only a pretty decent introduction to the myths and their background, but also a note section at the end of the book for each myth to give a little bit of further information on it. I was looking for a book regarding Norse mythology for a while but only decided to get one recently, and this book is a good example of why I often prefer going for Penguin versions of books rather than others.
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