Erik Menneskesøn
Erik Menneskesøn (meaning Erik "Son of Man") is a protagonist in the mythological series by the Danish writer Lars-Henrik Olsen. The series exist in a parallel universe set in present time, the major difference is that the Norse Mythology is real. Common of all the books are that the realm of Heaven(Asgard in this context), is the most used. Whereas Earth is roughly mainly used as a dull starting place.
The series consists of the following four books:
- Erik Menneskesøn
- Kampen om Sværdet
- Kvasers Blod
- Gudernes Skæbne
Plot
Erik son of man becomes the 13-year-old Erik retrieved to Asgard to help liberate Idun from Jotuns. He comes on his journey through both whole and Jötunheimr. With them, he has daughter Trud, as he Thor falls in love. "The fight over the sword" takes place on Laesoe, where Erik is on holiday with his girlfriend Marie from his school class. Here he finds the sword Gram. The Jotuns are trying to get the sword and Odin comes in disguise to help protect the sword. In "Kvasers Blood" becomes Erik managed to win once again into the world of the gods. This time, however, the Jotuns want help by Erik. Útgarða-Loki is trying to get Erik to see things from the jætternes page and together with his daughter, Gunnlöð tries to get skjaldemøden back from the gods, Erik. The last volume, "the fate of the gods", is about Ragnarok, which literally means "Fate of the gods". On a holiday in Iceland experiencing Erik an earthquake and a flood strikes him out. When he wakes, he is once again ended up in Asgard. Here raging Jotuns, and everything indicates that ragnarok is in progress.