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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... seems the best guess as to the original , and I have consistently re- tained the number of accented syllables . In translating from a highly inflected language into one depending largely on the use of subsidiary words , it has , however ...
... seems the best guess as to the original , and I have consistently re- tained the number of accented syllables . In translating from a highly inflected language into one depending largely on the use of subsidiary words , it has , however ...
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... seems more logical than any of the wholesale " improvements " which have been undertaken . The genera ' plan of the Voluspo is fairly clear . Othin , chief of the gods , always conscious of impending disaster and eager for knowledge ...
... seems more logical than any of the wholesale " improvements " which have been undertaken . The genera ' plan of the Voluspo is fairly clear . Othin , chief of the gods , always conscious of impending disaster and eager for knowledge ...
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... seems almost beyond dispute; there is an intensity and vividness in almost every stanza which no archaizing Christian could possibly have achieved. On the other hand, the evidences of Christian influence are sufliciently striking to ...
... seems almost beyond dispute; there is an intensity and vividness in almost every stanza which no archaizing Christian could possibly have achieved. On the other hand, the evidences of Christian influence are sufliciently striking to ...
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... seems logical . In stanza 1 the Volva , or wise - woman , called upon by Othin , answers him and demands a hearing . Evidently she be- longs to the race of the giants ( cf. stanza 2 ) , and thus speaks to Othin unwillingly , being ...
... seems logical . In stanza 1 the Volva , or wise - woman , called upon by Othin , answers him and demands a hearing . Evidently she be- longs to the race of the giants ( cf. stanza 2 ) , and thus speaks to Othin unwillingly , being ...
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... seems no strong reason for assuming this . Lines 1-2 are identical with lines 1-2 of stanza 9 , and line 2 may have been inserted here from that later stanza . 7. Ithavoll ( " Field of Deeds " ? ) : mentioned only here and in stanza 60 ...
... seems no strong reason for assuming this . Lines 1-2 are identical with lines 1-2 of stanza 9 , and line 2 may have been inserted here from that later stanza . 7. Ithavoll ( " Field of Deeds " ? ) : mentioned only here and in stanza 60 ...
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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