The World That Ends in Fire: Odin, Loki, and Ragnarok

The one mythology whose gods know exactly how they will die — and prepare anyway. From the ice and fire that made the world out of a murdered giant, through Odin's bargains, Thor's hammer, and Loki's beautiful treacheries, to the last morning when every bond breaks and the world burns — and then, alone among mythologies, comes back green. Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, whole, in one sitting.