The Spirit of the Vikings. An Introduction to the Mythology and Religion of Scandinavia

«The Spirit of the Vikings» is a new book by Daniel McCoy, the creator of the popular American website «Norse Mythology for Smart People», and serves as an introduction to Scandinavian mythology. Written to academic standards but in a simple... and clear language, the book is easy to read. It includes retellings of about 40 epic stories and sagas that reflect the mysterious religion of the Vikings, of which myths were an integral part. What did the Vikings understand by the word «fate», how did they envision the afterlife, what was their moral code, and how did they practice their religion – the author answers these and many other questions in «The Spirit of the Vikings», revealing to us the unexplored mystical world of the legendary northern tribes. The edition is organically supplemented by a preface by the anthropologist, one of the authors of the bestseller «The Suffering Middle Ages» Sergey Zotov.