Saga Six Pack 5

Saga Six Pack #5

by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, R.M. Ballantyne, George Webbe Dasent

"A tale is but half told when only one person tells it."" - "The Saga of Grettir the Strong." Saga Six Pack 5 is a Viking-sized selection of Scandinavian super-stories:

"Erling the Bold" by R. M. Ballantyne

"Big Peter and Little Peter" by George Webbe Dasent

"The Saga of Harald Hardrade" by Snorri Sturluson

"The Master Thief" by Peter Christen Asbjornsen

"A Sea Queen's Sailing" by Charles W. Whistler

"Bruin and Reynard" by Jorgen Engebretsen Image gallery includes:

Surt, The Giant with the Flaming Sword by John Charles Dollman.

16th-century depiction of Norse gods by Olaus Magnus.

Wotan takes leave of Brunhild by Konrad Dielitz.

Thor and the Midgard Serpent by Emil Doepler.

Loki breaks free at the onset of Ragnarok by Ernst H. Walther.

A scene from the last phase of Ragnarok, after Surtr has engulfed the world with fire by Emil Doepler.

The new world that rises after Ragnarok by Emil Doepler.

Then the Awful Fight Began by George Wright, 1908.

Genres: Fantasy, Classics

466 pages, Paperback

Published December 13, 2015

About the author

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale collections are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe".