Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic

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Originally published in French under the title Dictionnaire de mythologie germanique: Odin, Thor, Siegfried & Cie by Éditions Imago

First U.S. edition published in 2016 by Inner Traditions

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lecouteux, Claude, author. | Moynihan, Michael, editor.

Title: Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic folklore, mythology, and magic / Claude Lecouteux ; translated by Jon E. Graham ; edited by Michael Moynihan.

Other titles: Dictionnaire de mythologie germanique. English

Description: Rochester : Inner Traditions, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015039725| print ISBN: 9781620554807 | ebook ISBN: 9781620554814

Subjects: LCSH: Mythology, Germanic—Dictionaries. | Mythology, Norse—Dictionaries. | Europe, Northern—Religion.

Classification: LCC BL850 .L4313 2016 | DDC 293.03—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039725

Inner Traditions wishes to express its appreciation for assistance given by the government of France through the National Book Office of the Ministère de la Culture in the preparation of this translation.

Nous tenons à exprimer nos plus vifs remerciements au gouvernement de la France et au ministère de la Culture, Centre National du Livre, pour leur concours dans la préparation de la traduction de cet ouvrage.