Books by Genevieve Gornichec
“The Witch’s Heart is a really accomplished piece of work. In it, Genevieve Gornichec identifies quite a few of the giantess figures in Old Norse myth as a single person. This person is Angrboda, who is the mother of Loki’s children, the monstrous children: the wolf, the serpent and Hel. She is in a feud with Odin, because she has the knowledge of a particular kind of magic called seid. Odin has killed her and thrown her burnt heart out into the wasteland, but she has regenerated and is now living far away from the gods in a cave.” Read more...
The Best Norse Mythology Books
Carolyne Larrington, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Genevieve Gornichec were recommended
The Best Norse Mythology Books, recommended by Carolyne Larrington
From The Lord of the Rings to A Game of Thrones and Marvel’s Thor, the Old Norse myths still resonate. Oxford academic Carolyne Larrington introduces her favourite Norse mythology books, and explains how the powerful old stories increasingly inspire modern retellings.
The Best Mythopoeic Fantasy, recommended by Samantha Shannon
Fantasy writers often create vivid, intricately detailed worlds in which their stories unfold. Rich mythmaking of this kind often features alternative religions, languages and cultures, and is known among fans and scholars as ‘mythopoeia’. Here, Samantha Shannon—author of the internationally bestselling The Bone Season sequence—recommends five of the best mythopoeic fantasy books.
