{"title":"Norse religion and mythology","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-loki","title":"The Gospel of Loki","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe beautifully lyrical retelling of the Norse myths, told from the captivating point of view of the trickster god Loki\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods - retold from the point of view of the world's ultimate trickster, Loki. 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