The Poetic Edda: The Mythological PoemsCourier Corporation, 2012 M03 8 - 288 páginas The vibrant Old Norse poems in this collection, which may have been brought together as early as the thirteenth century, authentically capture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. In addition, their images of a mythical world profoundly influenced latter-day storytellers as Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien. Known as the "Lays of the Gods," these mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction ever crystallized in literary form; the Hovamol, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the Thrymskvitha, a ballad of enduring loveliness. The Poetic Edda is not only of the highest interest to students of antiquity; in the exceptionally detailed and complete translations included here, it offers lovers of poetry and myth some of the most remarkable surviving specimens from a distant age of poet-singers and oral traditions. |
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THE POETIC EDDA THE MYTHOLOGICAL POEMS Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Adams Bellows DOVER PUBLICATIONS , INC . Mineola , New York Bibliographical Note This Dover edition , first published in 2004.
THE POETIC EDDA THE MYTHOLOGICAL POEMS Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Adams Bellows DOVER PUBLICATIONS , INC . Mineola , New York Bibliographical Note This Dover edition , first published in 2004.
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Bibliographical Note This Dover edition , first published in 2004 , is an unabridged republication of the first part ( including the General Introduction and the Lays of the Gods , but leaving out Lays of the Heroes and the Pronouncing ...
Bibliographical Note This Dover edition , first published in 2004 , is an unabridged republication of the first part ( including the General Introduction and the Lays of the Gods , but leaving out Lays of the Heroes and the Pronouncing ...
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NOTE TO THE DOVER EDITION This edition reprints only the first half (comprising the General Introduction and the Lays of the Gods) of the book that was first published in 1923. The Lays of the Heroes are not included in this edition ...
NOTE TO THE DOVER EDITION This edition reprints only the first half (comprising the General Introduction and the Lays of the Gods) of the book that was first published in 1923. The Lays of the Heroes are not included in this edition ...
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... first committed to writing . In general the mythological poems are strongly heathen in character , and as Christianity became generally accepted throughout Norway and Iceland early in the elev- enth century , it is altogether likely ...
... first committed to writing . In general the mythological poems are strongly heathen in character , and as Christianity became generally accepted throughout Norway and Iceland early in the elev- enth century , it is altogether likely ...
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... first part of that period occurred the great wanderings of the Scandi- navian peoples , and particularly the Norwegians . A con- venient date to remember is that of the sea - fight of Hafrs- fjord , 872 , when Harald the Fair - Haired ...
... first part of that period occurred the great wanderings of the Scandi- navian peoples , and particularly the Norwegians . A con- venient date to remember is that of the sea - fight of Hafrs- fjord , 872 , when Harald the Fair - Haired ...
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Ægir Ægir's Alvis spake answer appear Arnamagnæan Codex Baldr Baldrs Draumar Bragi Bugge called Codex Regius daughter Dvalin dwarfs earth Eddic poems editors elves emendation fain fare father Fenrir Fjolsvith spake following stanza Freyja Freyr Frigg gain if thou Geirröth giantess giants goddess gods Grimnismol hall hammer Harbarth spake Harbarthsljoth hast if thou hear thou Heimdall hero Hovamol Hrungnir Hymir Hymiskvitha Hyndla Iceland interpolated INTRODUCTORY NOTE introductory prose learnest Loddfafnir Lokasenna Loki Loki spake Loki's magic maid mead Mengloth mighty Njorth Norse o'er Othin spake Ottar Poetic Edda Profit thou hast Prose Edda race rede thee Rigsthula runes shalt thou Skathi Skirnir Skirnismol slain Snorri quotes sons stanza stanza 29 story Svipdag Svipdag spake sword Thjazi Thor spake Thor's thou art thou hearest thou knowest Thrymskvitha thy gain Vafthruthnir Vafthruthnir spake Vafthruthnismol Valhall Vithar Voluspo Wanes wife wisdom wise wise-woman word Yggdrasil