Books with title Children of the Temple

Book Description: "This is Padraic Colum's retelling of the Eddas and the Volsung Saga for young adults. Colum and Pogany also collaborated on The Adventures of Odysseus, and The King of Ireland's Son." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; The Dwellers In Asgard; Far Away And Long Ago; The Building Of The Wall; Iduna And Her Apples: How Loki Put The Gods In Danger; Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief In Asgard; How Brock Brought Judgment On Loki; How Freya Gained Her Necklace And How Her Loved One Was Lost To Her; How Frey Won Gerda, The Giant Maiden, And How He Lost His Magic Sword; Heimdall And Little Hnossa: How All Things Came To Be; The All-father's Forebodings: How He Leaves Asgard; Odin The Wanderer; Odin Goes To Mimir's Well: His Sacrifice For Wisdom; Odin Faces An Evil Man; Odin Wins For Men The Magic Mead; Odin Tells To vidar, His Silent Son, The Secret Of His Doings; Thor And Loki In The Giants' City; How Thor And Loki Befooled Thrym The Giant; Aegir's Feast: How Thor Triumphed; The Dwarfs Hoard, And The Curse That It Brought; The Witch's Heart; Foreboding In Asgard; Loki The Betrayer; Loki Against The Aesir; The Valkyrie; The Children Of Loki; Baldur's Doom; Loki's Punishment; The Sword Of The Volsungs And The Twilight Of The Gods; Sigurd's Youth; The Sword Gram And The Dragon Fafnir; The Dragon's Blood; The Story Of Sigmund And Signy; The Story Of Sigmund And Sinfiotli; The Story Of The Vengeance Of The Volsungs And Of The Death Of Sinfiotli; Brynhild In The House Of Flame; Sigurd At The House Of The Nibelungs; How Brynhild Was Won For Gunnar; The Death Of Sigurd; The Twilight Of The GodsAbout the Publisher: Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.orgForgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.

The Children of Men begins in England in 2021, in a world where all human males have become sterile and no child will be born again. The final generation has turned twenty-five, and civilization is giving way to strange faiths and cruelties, mass suicides and despair. Theodore Faron, Oxford historian and cousin to the omnipotent Warden of England, a dictator of great subtlety, has resigned himself to apathy. Then he meets Julian, a bright, attractive woman, who wants Theo to join her circle of unlikely revolutionaries, a move that may shatter his shell of passivity.… And maybe, just maybe, hold the key to survival for the human race.

Two eagles awake to the sound of thunder, or rather, a helicopter that hovers overhead. While mama eagle flees, papa defends their eggs but is captured, leaving mama to raise three eaglets by herself. Speaking of single moms, Mary is overwhelmed by Lissy’s teenage surliness, so when Mary’s father dislocates his hip, sending Lissy to assist him seems a blessed relief until she discover he’s just taken in a runaway with a wounded owl. Reluctantly, she decides to entrust her daughter’s fate to her father’s vigilance. Shep is just an old dog, doing what old dogs do. This is not a whimsical tale, but a poignant story of the banality of evil, the impotence of good and the unexpected voice that suggests that what we do, for good or ill, might actually matter.

A girl is kidnapped from her small desert village and taken to a place in the heart of a mountain she thought could not exist, by a man who was little more than a fairy tale, to discover a power from legends that had stopped being told long ago. How will she escape and prevent him from using her and the others he had kidnapped in his scheme to overthrow the government and take control?

A long, long time ago, before the dawn of time, somewhere to the North, lay the realm of Asgard. Therein dwelt the Norse gods and goddesses of old who were wise, beautiful and kind. They lived in peace and harmony, untouched by evil and iniquity - until the day the Giants from Jotunheim cast envious eyes upon them and their kingdom.... This volume is an excellent retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki, and other gods and goddesses, whom the Vikings believed lived in Asgard, back in the murky clouds of pre-history. It is quite literally a version of northern mythology retold for children which has enthralled the young, and the young at heart, for countless generations. Enthralling because, while Greek and Roman mythology is interesting, Norse legend seems to have a special place in the Western European psyche, probably because so many Europeans have a Viking ancestor somewhere in their lineage. These stories are filled with the rich narrative of the storyteller, the flashing of colour, beauty and truth against the foreboding, lurking dark of the underworld. They are brought to life with excellent illustrations by the renowned artist Willy Pogany (1882 - 1955). In addition, many of today's online Viking games use this volume as a point of reference. Padraic Colum (1881 - 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival. In his retelling of these Norse myths and legends he speaks directly to children. 33% of the publisher's profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charity.