BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BY THE SAME AUTHOR Beowulf The Dead Moon The Earth-Father The Faber Book of Northern Folk-Tales (editor) The Faber Book of Northern Legends (editor) The Fire-Brother Havelok the Dane King Horn The Riddle Book (editor) The Sea Stranger The Wildman AXE-AGE, WOLF-AGE A selection from the Norse Myths Retold by KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND Illustrated by Hannah Firmin ANDRE DEUTSCH First published 1985 by André Deutsch Limited 105 Great Russell Street London WCi Copyright 1981, 1985 © Kevin Crossley-Holland Illustrations copyright 1985 © Hannah Firmin All rights reserved British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Crossley-Holland, Kevin Axe-age, wolf-age 1. Mythology, Norse—Juvenile literature I. Title II. Firmin, Hannah 293’. 1 3 PZ8.1 ISBN 0-233-97688-4 Typeset in 1 2pt Monotype Joanna by Merrion Letters 1 19 Hackford Road London SW9 Printed by Ebenezer Baylis & Son Ltd The Trinity Press, Worcester, and London for Katharine Findlay my god-daughter