The Children of Odin: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Children of Odin, credited to Padraic Colum, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum. Read by Elizabeth Klett. Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the gods and goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard before the dawn of history. Here are the matchless tales of All-Father Odin, who crosses the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drink from the Well of Wisdom; of Thor, whose mighty hammer defends Asgard; of Loki, whose mischievous cunning leads him to treachery against the gods; of giants, dragons, dwarfs and Valkyries; and of the terrible last battle that destroyed their world. (Summary from Project Gutenberg)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Children of Odin
• Author credits: Padraic Colum
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 6:23:27

Catalogue topics

• audio
• colum
• mythology

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2 — 14:31
2. 02 - Part 1, Chapter 3 — 20:57
3. 03 - Part 1, Chapter 4 — 10:25
4. 04 - Part 1, Chapter 5 — 15:43
5. 05 - Part 1, Chapter 6 — 10:35
6. 06 - Part 1, Chapter 7 — 14:49
7. 07 - Part 1, Chapters 8 and 9 — 19:38
8. 08 - Part 2, Chapter 1 — 8:02
9. 09 - Part 2, Chapter 2 — 11:12
10. 10 - Part 2, Chapters 3 and 4 — 16:38
11. 11 - Part 2, Chapter 5 — 20:36
12. 12 - Part 2, Chapter 6 — 12:31
13. 13 - Part 2, Chapter 7 — 17:16
14. 14 - Part 2, Chapter 8 — 20:13
15. 15 - Part 3, Chapters 1 and 2 — 17:11
16. 16 - Part 3, Chapters 3 and 4 — 14:00
17. 17 - Part 3, Chapter 5 — 8:57
18. 18 - Part 3, Chapter 6 — 19:11
19. 19 - Part 3, Chapter 7 — 6:11
20. 20 - Part 4, Chapter 1 — 13:15
21. 21 - Part 4, Chapter 2 — 10:17
22. 22 - Part 4, Chapter 3 — 12:51
23. 23 - Part 4, Chapter 4 — 15:03
24. 24 - Part 4, Chapters 5 and 6 — 15:53

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