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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... hall ( " 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 note ) , of the elves ( Alf- heim ) , of men ( Mithgarth ) ...
... hall ( " 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 note ) , of the elves ( Alf- heim ) , of men ( Mithgarth ) ...
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... ( hall , home ) , and many editors have followed this reading , although Snorri's prose paraphrase indicates " sal . " Urth , Verthandi and Skuld : " Past , " " Present " and " Future . " Wood , etc .: the magic signs ( runes ) ...
... ( hall , home ) , and many editors have followed this reading , although Snorri's prose paraphrase indicates " sal . " Urth , Verthandi and Skuld : " Past , " " Present " and " Future . " Wood , etc .: the magic signs ( runes ) ...
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... hall of Hor had burned her , - Three times burned , and three times born , yet ever she lives . Oft and again , 22. Heith they named her The wide - seeing witch , Minds she bewitched magic , To evil women who sought their home , in ...
... hall of Hor had burned her , - Three times burned , and three times born , yet ever she lives . Oft and again , 22. Heith they named her The wide - seeing witch , Minds she bewitched magic , To evil women who sought their home , in ...
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... halls " ) symbolizes the daily setting of the sun beneath the ocean horizon . 35. The translation here follows the Regius version . The Hauksbok has the same final two lines , but in place of the first By his side does Sigyn To see her ...
... halls " ) symbolizes the daily setting of the sun beneath the ocean horizon . 35. The translation here follows the Regius version . The Hauksbok has the same final two lines , but in place of the first By his side does Sigyn To see her ...
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... hall in Nithavellir Of gold there rose for Sindri's race ; another stood , And in Okolnir Where the giant Brimir his beer - hall had . pair has , " I know that Vali his brother gnawed , / With his bowels then was Loki bound . " Many ...
... hall in Nithavellir Of gold there rose for Sindri's race ; another stood , And in Okolnir Where the giant Brimir his beer - hall had . pair has , " I know that Vali his brother gnawed , / With his bowels then was Loki bound . " Many ...
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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