Summary
As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She is struggling to make sense of her new wartime life. Then she is given a copy of Asgard and the Gods -- a book of ancient Norse myths -- and her inner and outer worlds are transformed. Full description
Series: Myths series
The Penelopiad
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Dream Angus: the Celtic god of dreams
The helmet of horror: the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
Lion's honey: the myth of Samson
Binu and the Great Wall
The fire Gospel: the myth of Prometheus
Girl meets boy: the myth of Iphis
Where three roads meet: the myth of Oedipus
The hurricane party
Baba Yaga laid an egg
The good man Jesus and the scoundrel Christ
Orphans of Eldorado
Ragnarok: the end of the gods
The goddess chronicle
The song of King Gesar