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Mar 27, Victoria Fullard rated it it was amazing. Great book combining the familiar world we live in with the fantastical world of Norse gods.

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The NYC-based parts of this book gave me an easy way to connect with the characters and story, and Foster writes about Old Norse mythology in a way that's really engaging. I didn't know much about Norse myths before reading this, and not only was it really interesting, but I learned quite a bit about mythology, too! May 10, Jackie Hannigan rated it it was amazing.

This is an absolutely delightful, well written, page turner of a book with a curious plot and intriguing characters. Generally I like most books with a Norse lore theme, this one is no exception. Foster takes a small remnant fragment of the lore concerning the god, Heimdahl, and spins with it an enthralling tale of a modern woman driven by visions to learn of the Norse gods.

At the end of the book i was eagerly looking forward to the next. Well done and worth reading. Karen Paquin Foster rated it really liked it Feb 21, Annah Brealey marked it as to-read Apr 25, Bonnie Maya marked it as to-read Apr 27, Rachel marked it as to-read Apr 29, Cherie marked it as to-read Mar 21, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Books by Karen P.

No trivia or quizzes yet. Peredur stays at the Witches' Court Llys Gwiddonod for three weeks, being tutored by them until he finishes his training, and then he is sent off by their lady principal on his way with the horse and weapons of his choice. During the grand finale at the original [note 1] end of the tale, however, Peredur learns that a mysterious severed head replacing the Grail in this story [42] [43] [44] , which he had witnessed before meeting the sorceresses, belonged to one his cousins.

His foster-sister accuses the witches for the murder of his cousin and for having cursed and lamed of his uncle an unnamed king of the realm, here a Fisher King figure , and tells Peredur that he is predestined to be their avenger. Peredur and his elder companion Gwalchmei Gawain decide to summon Arthur's warband to join them in this labour, and he leads them to Caer Lloyw to deal with the sorceresses.

With her dying breath, she cries out to the other witches they are doomed as Peredur was prophesied as the slayer of them all, and orders the other witches to getaway; however Arthur and the others rush and chase after the fleeing women until every last one is overtaken and put to the sword. The narrative does not actually say how many witches are gathered for the final battle at Caer Loyw when they are wiped out, and there might be more than the nine from the first encounter between them and Perodur; according to John Rhys it is suggested "they must have mustered in a great force," possibly along with unmentioned "numerous allies of the other sex.

As in the cases of the above stories of Samson and Cai, this romance may be an echo of an otherwise unrecorded extermination of local Celtic pagan cults by Christians during the 5th and 6th centuries, as it is considered by Flint F.

Johnson; [54] [55] [56] Dhira B. Mahoney speculated the witches may "represent the supporters of an older order trying to regain control of the system. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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