Asgard Stories Tales from Norse Mythology-Mabel H. Cummings, Mary H. Foster
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Chapter 1 of Asgard Stories. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Julie Yu. Asgard Stories by Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings. Chapter 1. The Story of the Beginning. The people who lived long ago... in the far-off lands of the North, watched the wonderful things that happened out of doors every day, just as we do, but they did not know about the one loving God, who is the Father of all, who made them and the world, and rules it by His wise laws, so they thought there must be a great many unseen powers living in the clouds, in the wind, in the storms, and the sunshine and doing all those wonders that no man could do and so those northern people who were our own forefathers came to believe in many gods one for the sun another for the thunder another for the flowers and so on
In the long dark winters, when the bright sun had gone away from them, these Northmen had time to think many thoughts about the powers of frost and wind and storms, which they called giants. And they used to tell stories and sing songs about the short bright summer, the thawing out of the streams and lakes, the coming of the birds and flowers. With great joy, the people saw the bright sun god, Bother, come back to them in the spring, after the long darkness, and knew that they owed their life to his friendly warmth and light. As we read the stories or myths told by those people long ago, we can see that they were meant to tell about the world around us. At first, the stories were told and sung from father to son,
that is, from one generation to another. But later, when people learned how to write, these myths were written down and kept with great love and care. This is the story they told of the beginning. At first, before living creatures were in the world, it was all rough and without order. Far to the north, it was very cold. for ice and snow were everywhere. Toward the south, there was a fire, and from the meeting of the fire and the cold, a thick vapor was formed, from which sprang a huge giant. On looking about for some food, he saw a cow, who was also searching for something to eat. The ice tasted salt, and when the cow began to lick it, a head appeared. And at last the whole figure of a god stood before her.
From these two, the giant and the god, came the two great races of giants and gods, who were always enemies to each other. The giants were constantly trying to break into Asgard, the home of the gods, in the sky. The gods, on the other hand, watched and planned to keep out the giants and to drive them back to their own stronghold, Ugard. Our world, where men and women lived, was between Ugard and Asgard. It was called Midgard. And around this Midgard world, under the ocean, was coiled a monstrous serpent who grew so long that his tail,
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Chapters
4 chapters
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0:00–11:57
2
What is the introduction and LibriVox recording information for Asgard Stories?
11:57–15:01
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How do Norse myths explain the world's creation and Yggdrasil's structure?
15:01–1:46:45
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Why did Odin sacrifice for wisdom at Mimir’s well?
1:46:45–2:37:02
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