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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... Gods, but leaving out Lays of the Heroes and the Pronouncing Index) of The Poetic Edda, originally published as volumes XXI and XXII of the Scandinavian Classics series by the American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, and Oxford ...
... Gods, but leaving out Lays of the Heroes and the Pronouncing Index) of The Poetic Edda, originally published as volumes XXI and XXII of the Scandinavian Classics series by the American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, and Oxford ...
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... Gods. Voluspo . . . . ., . . . .. . ., -. . 1 Hovamol . . . . . . Q . . . . . 6 28 Vafthruthnismol . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Grimnismol . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Skirnismol . . . . . _. . . . . . . . 107 Harbarthsljoth ...
... Gods. Voluspo . . . . ., . . . .. . ., -. . 1 Hovamol . . . . . . Q . . . . . 6 28 Vafthruthnismol . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Grimnismol . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Skirnismol . . . . . _. . . . . . . . 107 Harbarthsljoth ...
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... gods are concerned, is much too complex for discussion here. How much of the actual narrative material of the mythological lays'is.properly to be called Scandinavian is a matter for students of comparative mythology to guess at. The ...
... gods are concerned, is much too complex for discussion here. How much of the actual narrative material of the mythological lays'is.properly to be called Scandinavian is a matter for students of comparative mythology to guess at. The ...
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... gods, always conscious of impending disaster and eager for knowledge, calls on a certain “Volva,” or wise-woman, presumably bidding her rise from the grave. She first tells him of the past, of the creation of the world, the beginning of ...
... gods, always conscious of impending disaster and eager for knowledge, calls on a certain “Volva,” or wise-woman, presumably bidding her rise from the grave. She first tells him of the past, of the creation of the world, the beginning of ...
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... gods, so called because the slain warriors were brought to him at Valhall (“Hall of the Slain”) by -the Valkyries (“Choosers of the Slain”). 2. Nine worlds: the worlds of the gods (Asgarth), of the Wanes (Vanaheim, cf. stanza 21 and ...
... gods, so called because the slain warriors were brought to him at Valhall (“Hall of the Slain”) by -the Valkyries (“Choosers of the Slain”). 2. Nine worlds: the worlds of the gods (Asgarth), of the Wanes (Vanaheim, cf. stanza 21 and ...
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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