Yggdrasil and accompanying cosmic animals.
Yggdrasil and accompanying cosmic animals. From the Penguin Books UK cover of The Elder Edda . The bookshop upsell sticker on the front references it as an inspiration for Tolkien, and the art style somewhat calls back to the 1969 painted paperback covers from his trilogy. This Edda is part of Penguin's Legends from the Ancient North series, with equally neat new covers for The Saga of the Volsungs & Beowulf . # # # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have e mployment/ opportunities in investigative mythology, field research, or product development...