Norse Mythology

An absolutely incredible retelling of Norse Myth. Coming into it, knowing a little about Ragnarock, made the work that much better. The way that Gaiman frames the stories, each building on each other to the natural conclusion of Norse Myth, is great. You can see each mistake the gods make, every mishap or unfortunate circumstance or bad decision, that leads them to ultimately “losing” when Ragnarock happens. Sometimes Gaiman tells you how this will change the coming events, like in the story of Gerd and Frey, and other times you can see it for yourself, like when Thor catches the World Serpent on a fishing line.

Gaiman connects all these stories of Norse Mythology as beautifully as Yggdrasil ties The Nine Realms together