title: The Book of Viking Myths: From the Voyages of Leif Erikson to the Deeds of Odin, the Storied History and Folklore of the Vikings
author: Peter Archer
description: <div><b>Peter Archer</b> has taught college classes in classical mythology, the legends of King Arthur, and American folklore. He is the author or coauthor of sixteen books and has held jobs ranging from a pit clerk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to production editor on a left-wing newspaper in New York City. He is currently an editor at Adams Media and lives in a 200-year-old converted parsonage in southeastern Massachusetts with two cats and about 4,000 books.</div>
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  Prologue
  
  
  Copenhagen, Denmark
  
  
  August 1807
  
  
  
  
  
  Francis Jackson peered through the darkness of the dim candlelight, unable to
  pull his eyes away from the target of his stare. He and his men had been
  digging relentlessly, taking two-hour shifts in pairs while two rested and two
  kept watch. They’d found the cave entrance exactly where they’d thought it
  would be, a small miracle in itself, considering it had been 