He eventually speaks with the Giant, who reveals his brother built the walls of Asgard but was tricked out of payment and killed by Thor. There, Thor leads him to Mimir's Well, and he receives wisdom and a vision of his parents in their youth. But he realises that the gods had nowhere to go and couldn't feed themselves.ĭeciding to help the stranded gods, Odd travels with them to Asgard. But wherether they were gods or not, Odd couldn't continue to feed them. The gods have been transformed and cast out of Asgard by a Frost Giant who tricked Loki into giving him Thor's hammer by taking the form of a woman, granting him rule over Asgard and causing the endless winter. But as time passed by, he learns that these are not normal animals, but the gods Loki, Odin and Thor. The bear accepted and was actually hungry. Odd aids the bear, and tries to feed him.

There he meets a fox, an eagle and a bear, the latter with its paw trapped in a tree. Soon after he accidentally crushes his leg and his Scottish mother marries a fat widower who neglects him in favor of his own children, and when soon after the winter drags on unnaturally long, Odd leaves his village for the forest. Odd is a young Norseman whose father, a woodcutter, drowned during a Viking raid. It draws on Norse mythology and also the historical Vikings. Lavishly produced and packed with Chris Riddell's glorious illustration enhanced with metallic ink, this is a spectacular and magical gift.Odd and the Frost Giants ( 2008) is a World Book Day book by Neil Gaiman. This rich and layered tale of courage is told with humour and in breathtaking style by two creators at the height of their powers: from the author of modern classics such as American Gods, Coraline and The Sleeper and the Spindle, Odd and the Frost Giants will leave you spellbound. Now our hero must reclaim Thor's hammer, outwit the frost giants and release the gods. The eagle, bear and fox Odd encounters are Norse gods, trapped in animal form by the evil frost giants who have conquered Asgard, the city of the gods. Fleeing to the woods, Odd stumbles upon and releases a trapped bear. Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless following a raid and in his icy, ancient world there is no mercy for an unlucky soul with a crushed foot and no one to protect him.

A thrilling, wintry Nordic epic from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell, weaving a tale of legend, magic and adventure which will grip and enchant readers from beginning to end.

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