The Poetic Edda: Or, Elder Edda (Forgotten Books)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 506 pages
• Published by: Forgotten Books February 7, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 160506713X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1605067131
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Description
Book Description:

"The Poetic Eddas, the oral literature of Iceland which were finally written down from 1000-1300 A.D, are like big summer movies, full of gore, sex, revenge and apocalyptic violence.

This translation of the Poetic Eddas is highly readable. They are also a primary source for our knowledge of ancient Norse paganism.

The poems are great tragic literature, with vivid descriptions of the emotional states of the protagonists, Gods and heroes alike. Women play a prominent role in the Eddic age, and many of them are delineated as skilled warriors.

The impact of these sagas from a sparsely inhabited rocky island in the middle of the Atlantic on world culture is wide-ranging. Wagners' operas are largely based on incidents from the Edda, via the Niebelungenlied. J.R.R. Tolkien also plundered the Eddas for atmosphere, plot material and the names of many characters in the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; General Introduction; Volume I.; Voluspo; Hovamol; Vafthruthnismol; Grimnismol; Skirnismol; Harbarthsljoth; Hymiskvitha; Lokasenna; Thrymskvitha; Alvissmol; Baldrs Draumar; Rigsthula; Hyndluljoth; Svipdagsmol; Volume ii.; VÖlundarkvitha; Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar; Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I.; Helgakvitha Hundingsbana ii.; Fra Dautha Sinfjotla; Gripisspo; Reginsmol; Fafnismol; Sigrdrifumol; Brot Af Sigurtharkvithu; Guthrunarkvitha I; Sigurtharkvitha En Skamma; Helreith Brynhildar; Drap Niflunga; Guthrunarkvitha ii, En Forna; Guthrunarkvitha iii.; Oddrunargratr; Atlakvitha En GrÖnlenzka; Atlamol En GrÖnlenzku; Guthrunarhvot; Hamthesmol; Pronouncing Index Of Proper Names; Endnotes

About the Publisher:

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