Tetzner:Germanische Göttersagen

Germanic Superheroes The sagas of the gods, with their stories of the Aesir and Vanir, Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freyja, primarily follow the Old Norse Edda, which was written down in medieval Iceland. Among other things, it tells of the creation with the birth of the Aesir gods, the construction of the worlds, and the duel between the thunder god Thor and the giant Hrungnir. Far beyond the cult of the Germans and the fatal glorification of Nibelung loyalty and heroism, the Leipzig author Reiner Tetzner has retold the Germanic sagas of the gods from Central and Northern Europe based on the sources.