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Across the Rainbow Bridge: Stories of Norse Gods and Humans

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Five tales draw on Norse mythology, set in a world of green glades, glaciers, mountain trolls, dwarves, frost giants, ghosts, and magic. Gods and goddesses sometimes cross the rainbow bridge to aid humans, but their encounters can have unpredictable results. The stories portray Scandinavian gods as fallible, capricious, and enigmatic, and illustrations give the epic figures a bold, limited-palette visual presence.

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Themes
Adventure · Cultural Heritage · Folklore And Mythology · Imagination
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
December 7, 2021
ISBN-13
9781536217711
Language
English
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