Song of the Vikings, Snorri and the making of norse myths

Norse mythology has seeped into our imagination.  But while Homer and Ovid are widely celebrated for their stories of Greek and Roman gods, the medieval Icelanders who gave us Viking mythology is nearly forgotten.  In Song of the Vikings, author Nancy Marie Brown brings to life Snorri Sturluson, wealthy chieftain, wily politician, witty storyteller, and the man who gave the word saga the meaning it holds today.  Snorri's extravagant personality and unscrupulous tactics brought him close to ruling his country - and even closer to betraying it - before he was betrayed himself.  He died a coward, cringing in his cellar, his Viking ideals abandoned.  But his books live on. 

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