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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 25
Página 1
... fate of the gods,” has become familiar, by confusion with the word riikkr', “twilight,” in the German Gtitterdiimmerung. The wise-woman tells of the Valkyries who bring the slain warriors to support Othin and the other gods in the ...
... fate of the gods,” has become familiar, by confusion with the word riikkr', “twilight,” in the German Gtitterdiimmerung. The wise-woman tells of the Valkyries who bring the slain warriors to support Othin and the other gods in the ...
Página 5
... fates; cf. stanza 20 and note. Possibly, however, something has been lost after this stanza, and the missing passage, replaced by the catalogue of the dwarfs (stanzas 9-16), may have explained the “giant-maids” otherwise than as Norns ...
... fates; cf. stanza 20 and note. Possibly, however, something has been lost after this stanza, and the missing passage, replaced by the catalogue of the dwarfs (stanzas 9-16), may have explained the “giant-maids” otherwise than as Norns ...
Página 8
... fate on the land they found, Ask and Embla, empty of might. I8. Soul they had not, sense they had not, Heat nor motion, nor goodly hue; Soul gave Othin, sense gave Hiinir, Heat gave Lothur and goodly hue. 15. Alndvari: this dwarf ...
... fate on the land they found, Ask and Embla, empty of might. I8. Soul they had not, sense they had not, Heat nor motion, nor goodly hue; Soul gave Othin, sense gave Hiinir, Heat gave Lothur and goodly hue. 15. Alndvari: this dwarf ...
Página 9
... fates. that he survives the destruction, assuming in the new age the gift of prophesy (cf. stanza 63).' He was given by the gods as a hostage to the Wanes after their war, in exchange for Njorth (cf. stanza 21 and note). Lot/zurz ...
... fates. that he survives the destruction, assuming in the new age the gift of prophesy (cf. stanza 63).' He was given by the gods as a hostage to the Wanes after their war, in exchange for Njorth (cf. stanza 21 and note). Lot/zurz ...
Página 13
Lo sentimos, el contenido de esta página está restringido..
Lo sentimos, el contenido de esta página está restringido..
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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