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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... called forth the present translation. WHAT rs THE POETIC EDDA? Even if the poems of the so-called Edda were not so significant and intrinsically so valuable, the long series of scholarly struggles which have been going on over them for ...
... called forth the present translation. WHAT rs THE POETIC EDDA? Even if the poems of the so-called Edda were not so significant and intrinsically so valuable, the long series of scholarly struggles which have been going on over them for ...
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... called “The Book of Oddi” is altogether reasonable, for such a method of naming books was common—-witness the “Book of the Flat Island” and other early manuscripts. That Saemund may also have written or compiled another “Oddi-Book” is ...
... called “The Book of Oddi” is altogether reasonable, for such a method of naming books was common—-witness the “Book of the Flat Island” and other early manuscripts. That Saemund may also have written or compiled another “Oddi-Book” is ...
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... called Scandinavian is a matter for students of comparative mythology to guess at. The tales underlying the heroic lays are clearly of foreign origin: the Helgi story comes from Denmark, and that of Vijlund from Germany, as also the ...
... called Scandinavian is a matter for students of comparative mythology to guess at. The tales underlying the heroic lays are clearly of foreign origin: the Helgi story comes from Denmark, and that of Vijlund from Germany, as also the ...
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... called Fornyrthislag (“Old Verse”), for convenience sometimes referred to in the notes as four-four measure, these lines have all the same structure, each line being sharply divided by a caesural pause into two half-lines, and each half ...
... called Fornyrthislag (“Old Verse”), for convenience sometimes referred to in the notes as four-four measure, these lines have all the same structure, each line being sharply divided by a caesural pause into two half-lines, and each half ...
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... called upon by Othin, answers him and demands a hearing. Evidently she belongs to the race of the giants (of. stanza 2), and thus speaks to Othin unwillingly, being compelled to do so by his magic power. Holy: omitted in Regius; the ...
... called upon by Othin, answers him and demands a hearing. Evidently she belongs to the race of the giants (of. stanza 2), and thus speaks to Othin unwillingly, being compelled to do so by his magic power. Holy: omitted in Regius; the ...
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Alvis answer appear Baldr battle beginning Brimir bring called century Codex collection comes concerning daughter dead drink dwarfs dwelling early earth Edda editors elsewhere evil fair fare fate father Fenrir fight find fire first Freyja Freyr Frigg giants give gods gold Grimnismol hall hand head hear hero indicated interpolated introductory king knowest known land late live Loki lost magic manuscript means mentioned mighty mother never night nine Norse original Othin passage poem presumably probably prose question quotes race rede reference Regius runes seek seems shalt Snorri sons soon spake speak speech stands stanza story suggests Svipdag sword tell thee Thor Thor spake Thor’s thou thou hast translation Vafthruthnir various Voluspo Wanes whole wife wisdom wise wolf