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kolet's review against another edition
5.0
I love the Viking age, anything to do with Vikings I'm all over it. I really liked this book, as it shows the workman ship and delicate passion that the Vikings put in to their boats, art and clothes. Stunning photos and really cool facts about each artefact.
kolet's review against another edition
5.0
I love the Viking Age and anything to with Vikings I'm all over it. I really liked this book. The Photos are just magnificent. It shows the workmanship and passion but into weapons, clothes and art.
witchofthemountains's review
2.0
I checked out this book with the specific intention of increasing my knowledge of Norse religion. I was sadly disappointed.
This book says that it is written by well known archaeologists and historians, but the religion section alone makes me wary of the authors' biases.
Goddesses were very close to equality with the gods in Norse mythology. I've read enough of the myths and enough deconstruction of the myths to know that an entire chapter devoted to a select few of the gods with only a three sentence paragraph for the goddesses is a deplorable representation of the religion.
I doubt the oversight was malicious. It is most likely a product of the religious bias most people in the western world have been raised with: a male-centric religion in which one being is leagues above the rest. This is a far cry from the impression you receive when you read the myths yourselves and it bothers me that "well known archaeologists and historians" showed so much bias.
This book says that it is written by well known archaeologists and historians, but the religion section alone makes me wary of the authors' biases.
Goddesses were very close to equality with the gods in Norse mythology. I've read enough of the myths and enough deconstruction of the myths to know that an entire chapter devoted to a select few of the gods with only a three sentence paragraph for the goddesses is a deplorable representation of the religion.
I doubt the oversight was malicious. It is most likely a product of the religious bias most people in the western world have been raised with: a male-centric religion in which one being is leagues above the rest. This is a far cry from the impression you receive when you read the myths yourselves and it bothers me that "well known archaeologists and historians" showed so much bias.
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