Norse and Germanic Mythology in The Wheel of Time

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http://www.dsv.su.se/~k-j-nore/norse.html

Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series has attracted an enormous following among the reading public, and where the public goes, scholars soon follow, trying to explain where the author got his ideas. Karl-Johan Norén has written a very detailed scholarly work, comparing key concepts and characters in the series with the Norse and Germanic myths. A must-read for the die-hard Jordan fan, if only to find something else to discuss on the various Wheel of Time forums and lists out there.