Dizionario di mitologia germanica

Exactly what the title says: an encyclopedia. It looks quite complete to me.

It's a dictionary not an encyclopedia. When i first bought it I thought it's gonna introduce me to norse and germanic mythology. But it's just a dictionary A-Z with no relation whatsoever with the order except of alphabetical.

This book did exactly what I hoped it would. I was looking to improve my general understanding of some of the lesser-known tales from Norse and Germanic mythology and folktales. The information was mostly general. The entries for each creature/mythical figure were usually no more than a paragraph in Leggi tutto

This is a magnificent resource -- I have yet to not be completely impressed by Lecouteux.

Otro interesante libro de Claude Lecouteux, profesor de lenguas y literatura alemanas y hermanas que nos da un tour completo por los dioses, diosas, lugares y maravillas de las Eddas y demás mitos germánicos. La verdad es que recomendaría leer antes los mitos o algunos de ellos, porque el diccionari Leggi tutto

Utile ma come complementare, non esaustivo da solo. Come da titolo, il libro è un'ottima aggiunta ad altri del suo genere, con informazioni utili e approfondite su alcuni termini, tuttavia non esaustivo se preso da solo. Io l'ho abbinato ad altri libri della mitologia germanica e norrena, riuscendo c Leggi tutto