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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... Othin's own secrets and the de- tails of his search for knowledge . Rewarded by Othin for what she has thus far told ( stanza 30 ) , she then turns to the real prophesy , the disclosure of the final destruction of the gods . This final ...
... Othin's own secrets and the de- tails of his search for knowledge . Rewarded by Othin for what she has thus far told ( stanza 30 ) , she then turns to the real prophesy , the disclosure of the final destruction of the gods . This final ...
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... Othin ( cf. Rigsthula , introductory prose and note ) . Valfather ( " Father of the Slain " ) : Othin , chief of the gods , so called because the slain warriors were brought to him at Val- hall ( " Hall of the Slain " ) by the Valkyries ...
... Othin ( cf. Rigsthula , introductory prose and note ) . Valfather ( " Father of the Slain " ) : Othin , chief of the gods , so called because the slain warriors were brought to him at Val- hall ( " Hall of the Slain " ) by the Valkyries ...
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... Othin , Vili , and Ve . Of Bur we know only that his wife was Bestla , daughter of Bolthorn ; cf. Hovamol , 141 . Vili and Ve are mentioned by name in the Eddic poems only in Lokasenna , 26. Mithgarth ( “ Middle Dwelling " ) : the world ...
... Othin , Vili , and Ve . Of Bur we know only that his wife was Bestla , daughter of Bolthorn ; cf. Hovamol , 141 . Vili and Ve are mentioned by name in the Eddic poems only in Lokasenna , 26. Mithgarth ( “ Middle Dwelling " ) : the world ...
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... Othin , Heat gave Lothur did three come forth , the mighty and on the land they found , empty of might . sense they had not , nor goodly hue ; sense gave Hönir , and goodly hue . 15. Andvari : this dwarf appears prominently in the ...
... Othin , Heat gave Lothur did three come forth , the mighty and on the land they found , empty of might . sense they had not , nor goodly hue ; sense gave Hönir , and goodly hue . 15. Andvari : this dwarf appears prominently in the ...
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... Othin , who subsequently had good reason to regret it . Loki probably represents the blending of two originally distinct figures , one of them an old fire - god , hence his gift of heat to the newly created pair . 19. Yggdrasil : cf ...
... Othin , who subsequently had good reason to regret it . Loki probably represents the blending of two originally distinct figures , one of them an old fire - god , hence his gift of heat to the newly created pair . 19. Yggdrasil : cf ...
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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