Ingri D'Aulaire

A collection of Norse myths describing the exploits of the gods and goddesses of the Aesir beginning with the creation and ending when the gods and giants destroyed each other in battle.

Follows a Sami boy and girl who live at the top of Norway, in Lapland, on their long trip with the reindeer herd down from the mountains of snow to the village where they go to school.

When Ola, a Norwegian boy, dons his skis in search of adventure, he meets new friends, joins a wedding party, encounters a howling dragon, and learns folklore from fishermen as they pull codfish from the icy waters.

Tells how Leif sailed with his father, Eric the Red, from Iceland to Greenland, where he grew up; describes his journeys back to Norway, where he bacame a Christian, and then to the land he called Vinland; and tells how his kinsmen settled in Vinland and met the Indians.