Tarihin Norse yana da ma'ana ta musamman, musamman saboda yana game da ƙasashen da ba su da nisa a yau ('yan awanni ta jirgin sama ya raba mu).
Wasu ra'ayoyin suna ba da shawarar cewa waɗannan mazaunan arewacin Turai sun riga sun san Amurka kafin Columbus. Daga can zuwa duk ginin alloli, iko da asirai da aka binne tsakanin kankara da dusar ƙanƙara.
Ofaya daga cikin abubuwan banbanci dangane da tatsuniyoyi kamar na Girkanci shine yanayin ajizanci da Gaiman ya nuna a cikin wannan aikin. Da yawa alloli na duniya waɗanda ke ba da izinin yin mulkin su ta hanyar tashin hankali ko sha'awar jima'i, maza kamar aljanu waɗanda aka ba su don yaƙi da nuna ƙarfi da ƙarfi.
Kuma a cikin wannan abun da ke ciki, ƙarancin waƙoƙi fiye da tatsuniyar Girka, yana zaune da fara'a ta musamman. Littattafan ban mamaki waɗanda ke kusantar da mu kusa da sauran wasannin Olympics, tsakanin barasa da sha'awar jiki. Kamar dai gumakan Norse sun gano cewa za a sami jin daɗin gaske a Duniya.
Godiya ga wannan littafin, muna yin bitar abubuwan da ke tattare da labarai daban -daban waɗanda ke da hannu wajen shigar da waɗannan nassosin tarihin da aka haifa da sanyi. Kuma muna jin daɗin labari mai ban sha'awa na son rai, buri da iko ta cikin matsanancin ƙasa inda yanayin rayuwa ke zama kawai dalilin masu mutuwa da mutuwa.
Haɗuwa tsakanin mutane da almara, kamar dai duka sun raba wannan sararin da babu shiru inda ƙanƙarar ruwan Pole na Arewa ke yawo. Yanayin daga inda fantasy ke fitowa a tsakanin matsanancin yanayin ƙasa kamar magnetic kamar yadda ya zama kufai, tsakanin tsoffin gandun daji, dabbobin daji da daskararriyar tudu kamar kowace hanya don yin kowace tafiya.
Mjolnir ko guduma na Thor a matsayin alamar wannan taurin, na rayuka da kankara.
Kuna iya siyan littafin Tatsuniyoyin Nordic, sabon aikin marubuci Neil Gaiman, anan:
2 sharhi akan "Tatsuniyoyi na Arewa, na Neil Gaiman"