Mitos Nórdicos

by Neil Gaiman, Claudia Conde Fisas

Paperback, 268 pages

spanish language

Published Feb. 1, 2023 by Destino.

ISBN:: 978-950-732-561-8

(108 reviews)

Violencia, traiciones, poder… Con una prosa hábil e ingeniosa, Gaiman analiza la naturaleza imperfecta y competitiva de los dioses, sus susceptibilidades, su habilidad para embaucar y dejarse embaucar por los demás y su tendencia a dejar que la pasión dirija sus acciones, las guerras por el sexo o el poder… y, en general, todo lo que los acerca claramente a los humanos mortales.

Gaiman, al igual que otros maestros contemporáneos contadores de historias como J. R. R. Tolkien y George R. R. Martin, ha crecido inspirándose en la fantasía nórdica y ahora decide poner sus ojos directamente en la fuente de estas historias para presentar un homenaje a los grandes relatos nórdicos

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levine reviewed Norse Mythology [Paperback] Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman

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4 stars

Neil Gaiman retells famous tales from Norse myth. The interpretations are accessible and straightforward, not archaic, but also not modernized to be anachronistic. Gaiman doesn't use an obscure word or complicated sentence structure when simple will do the trick. This simplicity and his laid-back reading voice evokes the atomsphere of stories told around a fire, from memory, like the originals would have been before Snorri Sturlasson and others wrote them down centuries down the line. The book is not long, 6½ hours for 15 stories. I wouldn't have minded a bit more details, depth, or unique interpretations, but this was good too. This is a great introduction, perhaps one of the best, for those not very familiar with the Nordic myths, and a good revisit for all already acquainted.

nekokat reviewed Norse Mythology [Paperback] Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman

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3 stars

a very readable retelling of Norse myths, in a voice that is certainly Gaiman's.

jvt038 reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Review of 'Norse Mythology' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Very educational and informative.
Though a bit more humor would be appreciated :)

Jorge Sanz reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Review of 'Norse Mythology' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I enjoyed the listening experience of this audio book, even I was distracted in some of the stories. I liked to find references to the different myths in American Gods, Thor MCU movies, and other pop culture pieces.

ahmednabin reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Review of 'Norse Mythology' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Neil Gaiman did an excellent job of retelling the everlasting stories of the Norse Gods and their world. Must read for mythology lovers.

A. Rivera reviewed Norse Mythology CD by Neil Gaiman

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5 stars

Quick impressions: Neil Gaiman reads and performs the text. He is very good at it, at times like a shaman telling a tale to a tribe around a fire. The stories range from serious to humorous. Sure, the gods could be quite grim, but Gaiman also shows us their funny moments.

(Full review on my blog later)

Hilo reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Review of 'Norse Mythology' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Hab aufgehört, weil ich die Charakterisierung der Götter langweilig finde (und den Fokus auf Loki)

SuperSantiEgo reviewed Mitos nórdicos by Neil Gaiman

Review of 'Mitos nórdicos' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Mal no está, pero no es gran cosa. Me ha recordado a las versiones infantiles e ilustradas que leía yo de pequeño donde se narraban por ejemplo los mitos griegos, sin ir a la chicha ni al mensaje dramático que realmente contenían.
Esta obra de Gaiman es lo que hace, recuenta de forma bastante neutra los mitos nórdicos pero no se molesta en buscarle la vuelta, ni en hacerla propia, es una especie de versión young adult y poco más.
Si conoces un poco la mitología en su forma original y la mala leche que destila, pues se nota que esto es una versión a medio gas para contentar a todo el mundo ahora que la mitología nórdica está de moda.
Esto lo cuela alguien sin llamarse Neil Gaiman y no funciona.

Pallas reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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I never cared about our mythology or really read anything about it. I remember a quick chat in school about Tor and Odin but that's it. Yet I felt like I knew a lot about these stories. Things came to me when I read them. Where did I learn this?

A never ending winter and an army of the dead? Someone else has read these stories... also, winter is coming.

Santhosh Guru reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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4 stars

My introduction to Norse mythology was thru the Marvel movies. So was curious to know more on this. This was a fun listen. Neil Gaiman is a fantastic raconteur.

Arturo Urbanos reviewed Mitos nórdicos by Neil Gaiman

Review of 'Mitos nórdicos' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Ha sido una maravilla descubrir tantas cosas sobre una mitología que vemos mucho menos que otras, la mitología nórdica. Si es que lo sabes hacer todo bien, Neil Gaiman.

AHORA QUIERO INYECTARME MÁS COSAS NÓRDICAS EN VENA

Marsha Woerner reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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3 stars

I almost feel guilty not giving this a higher score; Neil Gaiman is a great writer, and I generally really enjoy his works. But I wasn't as happy with this :-(. I recognize that mythology is not the same as a novel, and as such, it does not need a beginning, middle, and ending. But this seems like only a terse set of stories that really didn't even tell what the gods are all about. Yes, Loki is a trickster, but what kind of god is he? I feel that there should have been a bit more discussion about the Norse gods as a whole, and what their influence and religion really stood for in The North.
As it was, it was okay. And I like the ending talking about the end of the world and the end of the time of the gods. It tied it all up, but …