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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... Grimnismol . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Skirnismol . . . . . _. . . . . . . . 107 Harbarthsljoth . . . . . . . . . . . I21 Hymiskvitha . . B ., . . . . . . 0 . I 38 Lokasenna . . ., , . ._ . . . . . , I 5 I Thrymskvithar ...
... Grimnismol . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Skirnismol . . . . . _. . . . . . . . 107 Harbarthsljoth . . . . . . . . . . . I21 Hymiskvitha . . B ., . . . . . . 0 . I 38 Lokasenna . . ., , . ._ . . . . . , I 5 I Thrymskvithar ...
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... (Grimnismol, Skirnismol, etc.) , which I have rendered as “ballad.” It is difficult to find any distinction other than metrical between the two terms, although it is clear that one originally existed. Variations frequently appear in all ...
... (Grimnismol, Skirnismol, etc.) , which I have rendered as “ballad.” It is difficult to find any distinction other than metrical between the two terms, although it is clear that one originally existed. Variations frequently appear in all ...
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... Grimnismol, 29-35 and notes, Wherein Yggdrasil is described at length. 3. Ymir: the giant out of whose body the gods made the world; cf. I/afthruthnismol, 21. In this stanza as quoted in Snorri's Edda the first line runs: “Of old was ...
... Grimnismol, 29-35 and notes, Wherein Yggdrasil is described at length. 3. Ymir: the giant out of whose body the gods made the world; cf. I/afthruthnismol, 21. In this stanza as quoted in Snorri's Edda the first line runs: “Of old was ...
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... Grimnismol, 37 and note. 6. Possibly an interpolation, but there seems no strong reason for assuming this. Lines 1-2 are identical with lines 1-2 of stanza 9, and line 2 may have been inserted here from that later stanza. 7. It/zawoll ...
... Grimnismol, 37 and note. 6. Possibly an interpolation, but there seems no strong reason for assuming this. Lines 1-2 are identical with lines 1-2 of stanza 9, and line 2 may have been inserted here from that later stanza. 7. It/zawoll ...
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... Grimnismol, 29-35 and notes. Urth (“The Past”): one of the three great Norns. The world-ash is kept green by being sprinkled with the marvelous healing water from her well. 20. The maidens: the three Norns; possibly this stanza should ...
... Grimnismol, 29-35 and notes. Urth (“The Past”): one of the three great Norns. The world-ash is kept green by being sprinkled with the marvelous healing water from her well. 20. The maidens: the three Norns; possibly this stanza should ...
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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