Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden

The book “Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden” (“Norse-Germanic Gods and Heroes”), published in Leipzig in 1901 in German, is one of the most enduring and widely read works on the mythology of Northern Europe, authored by the educator and writer Dr. Wilhelm Wägner. The volume is devoted to the gods, heroes, and mythic figures of ancient Germanic and Scandinavian epic tradition. In an engaging and accessible narrative, the author retells the stories of the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and other monuments of the mythological canon, addressing both young readers and a broad audience interested in history, literature, and ancient lore. The text is accompanied by 88 illustrations based on drawings by noted artists and graphic masters. The copy is bound in an expressive Art Nouveau–era cover, giving the book a decorative and stylistically distinctive appearance characteristic of German publications at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. This edition stands as a valuable monument of early 20th-century popular mythographic literature, combining scholarly reliability, rich illustrative material, and high-quality artistic book design.