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Re: Swedish alphabet [was: Re: Spanish alphabet]

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 9:20
grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com writes:
>I never saw >programs using the Norse gods (Odin, Thor, Balder...) whereas movies >with Greek and Roman gods (like all those peplums -"pepla" ? :) -) are >very numerous.
The reason is, probably because Greek myths are so well known, whereas most people learn about the Norse myths on ther own or in University classes :). Which reminds me, one of the books we are using for my World Mythology class is a book of Norse myths (The Norse Myths, introduced and retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland). Its pretty good and illustrates the Norse universe quite well (all drawn in a norse style drawing too :)). There's even a glossary of terms in the back of the book.