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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... (Attila), and Jormunrek (Ermanarich). The introductory notes to the various 'poems deal with the more important of these questions of origin. Of the men who composed these poems,——“wrote” is obviously the [xviii] Introduction.
... (Attila), and Jormunrek (Ermanarich). The introductory notes to the various 'poems deal with the more important of these questions of origin. Of the men who composed these poems,——“wrote” is obviously the [xviii] Introduction.
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... introductory note to the Rigsthula. However, as Iceland early came to be the true center of this Scandinavian island world, it may be said that most of the evidence concerning the birthplace of the Eddie poems in anything like their ...
... introductory note to the Rigsthula. However, as Iceland early came to be the true center of this Scandinavian island world, it may be said that most of the evidence concerning the birthplace of the Eddie poems in anything like their ...
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... may through this medium be able to bring to others asmall part of the delight which I myself have found in the poems of the Poetic Edda. THE POETIC EDDA VOLUSPO The W ise-W oman's Prophecy INTRODUCTORY [ xxvii ] Introduction.
... may through this medium be able to bring to others asmall part of the delight which I myself have found in the poems of the Poetic Edda. THE POETIC EDDA VOLUSPO The W ise-W oman's Prophecy INTRODUCTORY [ xxvii ] Introduction.
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VOLUSPO. The. W. ise-W. oman's. Prophecy. INTRODUCTORY Nora At the beginning of the collection in the Codex Regius stands the I/olusjbo, the most famous and important, as it is likewise the most debated, of all the Eddie poems. Another ...
VOLUSPO. The. W. ise-W. oman's. Prophecy. INTRODUCTORY Nora At the beginning of the collection in the Codex Regius stands the I/olusjbo, the most famous and important, as it is likewise the most debated, of all the Eddie poems. Another ...
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