Патрик Колум – лучшие книги

Знаменитый ирландский писатель и фольклорист Патрик Колум представил наиболее полное собрание мифов и легенд о богах и героях народов Севера, восхищающих мрачной торжественностью и романтизмом величественных образов. Вы побываете в сверкающем дворце Одина и в ледяных замках злых великанов, в чудесном саду богини молодости Идунн и в мрачном подземном царстве мертвых Хель. Узнаете о Дереве мира Иггдрасиль, великой жертве героя Сигурда, тайне демонического волка Фенрира и Сумерках богов.

Захватывающе интересные рассказы автора откроют для вас трагический и прекрасный мир чудес и глубокой мистики Севера.

Патрик Колум (1881 - 1972), известный ирландский писатель из окружения Джеймса Джойса, был страстным любителем и популяризатором мифов разных народов. Его `Дети Одина` - это удивительно свежее, пронизанное ощущением юной первозданности и притом кристально ясное изложение чарующе-путаных легенд и сказаний древней Скандинавии. Книга иллюстрирована рисунками талантливого американского художника Вилли Погани (1882-1956), придающими ей особую прелесть. Адресованная подросткам, она может послужить любому взрослому прекрасным путеводителем по лабиринтам германо-скандинавской мифологии.

Книга представляет собой собрание подлинных жемчужин, выбранных из огромной сокровищницы мифов народов мира в пересказе известного исследователя традиционных народных культур Патрика Колуна. Автор рассказывает о героических и трагических фигурах античного мира, сказочных персонажах, представленных в мифах Египта и Вавилона, Персии и Греции, Рима и Америки. В сборник включены и сравнительно малоизвестные полинезийские, китайские и японские мифы.

Before time as we know it began, gods and goddesses lived in the city of Asgard. Odin All Father crossed the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard. Thor defended Asgard with his mighty hammer. Mischievous Loki was constantly getting into

Genies, wishes, thieves, and treasure abound in these classic stories of magic and adventure from master storyteller Padraic Colum.

Every night for a thousand and one nights, Shahrazad begins to tell her husband the king a new tale but each night she stops before finishing. Why? Because the king has promised to kill her when the last one is over. However, her nightly stories—of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba, and many other heroes and villains—are so enthralling that King Shahryar has to postpone her execution again and again...

Padraic Colum brings together a selection of the most amazing of the over 600 stories which Shahrazad told. Full of genies, flying carpets, and daring adventures, The Arabian Nights will captive a new audience and leave readers asking for one more story.

Without doubt, The King of Irelanda??s Son is the best of Padraic Columa??s books. Originally published in 1916, this classic has stood the test of time and remains one of the greatest set of tales evera??full of humor, imagination and drama. This edition has been carefully edited, annotated and endnoted, allowing the reader to enter fully into all the often playful subtlety of meaning Colum gives to the names, places and objects in the tale. In addition, the pronunciation of the Irish and Celtic names and words has been noted, often with a background note or two as to their meaning. These are no stories retold by an academic or scholar, but rousing, living tales recounted from Columa??s own childhood in Ireland. There, as a boy, he heard firsthand the myths and sagas, folk and fairy tales from itinerant storytellers who wandered the roads and told their stories in exchange for a roof over their heads and a bite to eat. He was a witness to the last generation of a long tradition stretching far back into the mists of time. Colum won awards and recognition aplenty for his work in his adopted country, the United States, and for the whole of his long life he carried on the storytellera??s tradition. Even now, though he is long gone from us, his voice still sounds fresh and clear and full of life through the written text. Willy Pogany, a Hungarian artist, was a contemporary of Colum. He illustrated this volume with a wonderful sense of artistic fantasy and playfulness.

Book Description Enter a world where harpies torment mortals, the Argonaut Orpheus sings, the mighty god Zeus wages war on the Titans, and Prometheus steals fire. Author Padraic Colum weaves the tales of Jason and his Argonauts with classic Greek