Collects more than thirty ancient Norse myths for children featuring such gods and goddesses as Odin, Thor, Sif, Freya, and Loki, with additional pages that delve deeper into the mythical world, providing profiles of these Norse characters and giving the context behind the myths.

Twelve-year-old Sif, goddess of the harvest and a reluctant seer whose abilities are woven into her hair, goes on a quest with Freya and Loki after Loki cuts her hair in a prank gone wrong, causing the crops of Midgard to fail.

A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the best of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity itself is threatened.

"After Freya escapes from the power-controlling Finemdi Corporation, her quest to defeat her new enemy takes her to Hollywood. The ancient Norse goddess of love, beauty, war, and death disguises herself once again as Sara Vanadi, now an up-and-coming star on a scandalous television series. Freya knows that todays modern gods live on the screen, and Los Angeles offers her both fame and believers. And she desperately needs strength from her believers....

Freya, the Norse goddess of beauty and love, was also a skilled warrior. She became the Queen of the Valkyries, the warrior goddess who served Odin. The myth of what happened to the love of Freya's life is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Norse myth. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Publishing Group. Grades 1-4. Reviewed Short Tales introduce entertaining, easy-to-read books to children in the hopes that they will...