The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse MythologyCourier Corporation, 7 бер. 2012 р. - 288 стор. Gods and giants bestride these ancient tales, in which warrior queens and noble heroes battle with elves, dwarves, and fearsome monsters. Spanning the dawn of the world's creation to its fiery destruction, these gripping Norse legends chronicle the triumphs and tragedies of a lost era. Resounding with a poetic instinct for the picturesque, the dramatic, and the human, they form vivid portraits of the characters' personalities. They also depict the comic and disastrous results of ambition, passion, and destiny. The wellspring of modern knowledge of Norse mythology, these sagas preserved the Vikings' narrative style from an invading European influence. Iceland's great literary genius, Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), combined oral traditions, genealogical records, and old songs to immortalize his country's glorious past. Edda means "poetic art," and Sturluson's guidebook for Icelandic poets has been a timeless inspiration for generations of writers around the world, including Wagner, Borges, and Tolkien. |
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... Norse Mythology SNORRI STURLUSON Translatedfrom the Icelandic with an Introduction by ARTHUR GILCHRIST BRODEUR DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineola, New York Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is.
... Norse Mythology SNORRI STURLUSON Translatedfrom the Icelandic with an Introduction by ARTHUR GILCHRIST BRODEUR DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineola, New York Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is.
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Tales from Norse Mythology Snorri Sturluson. Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published as The Prose Edda by the AmericanScandinavian Foundation, New ...
Tales from Norse Mythology Snorri Sturluson. Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published as The Prose Edda by the AmericanScandinavian Foundation, New ...
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... first pragmatic history ever penned in any Teutonic vernacular-—the Heimskringla." The evidence for Snorri's authorship of Heimséringla is not conclusive; but Vigfi'1sson's demonstration is accepted by most scholars.' We may safely ...
... first pragmatic history ever penned in any Teutonic vernacular-—the Heimskringla." The evidence for Snorri's authorship of Heimséringla is not conclusive; but Vigfi'1sson's demonstration is accepted by most scholars.' We may safely ...
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... first part,the Gylfagz'nning,or Beguiling of Gylfi, is an epitome of Odinic mythology, cast in the form of a dialogue between Gylfi, a legendary Swedish king, and the triune Odin. Snorri, though a Christian, tells the old pagan tales ...
... first part,the Gylfagz'nning,or Beguiling of Gylfi, is an epitome of Odinic mythology, cast in the form of a dialogue between Gylfi, a legendary Swedish king, and the triune Odin. Snorri, though a Christian, tells the old pagan tales ...
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... first section to the second i and third,whose dissimilarityto Gyyizginning have led some scholars to believe that one or the other is not Snorri's work. The god relates several adventures of the ffisir of the same character as those ...
... first section to the second i and third,whose dissimilarityto Gyyizginning have led some scholars to believe that one or the other is not Snorri's work. The god relates several adventures of the ffisir of the same character as those ...
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abode Adils Ægir Ægir's Æsir Allfather Arnórr sang Ásgard asked bade Baldr battle Baugi blood Bölverkr Bragi brother Brynhildr Cl.-Vig daughter didst drink dwarves dwell eagle earth Edda Einarr sang Einarr Tinkling-Scale Eyvindr Fáfnir fair father fetter fire Freyja Freyr Frigg Fródi Gangleri gave Geirrödr giant gods Gudrún Gunnarr hair hall hammer hand Hárr Hárr answered heaven Heimdallr Hermódr Hildr Hill-Giants Högni horse host Hreidmarr Hrólfr Kraki Hrungnir Hymir Idunn Jónsson Jörmunrekkr Jötunheim King land Loki mead metaphors Midgard Serpent mighty Mjöllnir Múspell night Njördr o'er Odin Odin's Óttarr periphrase poesy praise Prince ravens Refr sang Reginn Rime-Giants rode sang further saying shield ship Sigurdr Skadi Skald Skrýmir slayer Snorri's song sons spake steed stones straightway Surtr sword thee things Thjálfi Thjazi Thjódólfr sang Thor Thor's thou told took Týr Úlfr Uggason Útgarda-Loki Valhall Vanir Völuspá weapons wife wise Wolf woman Ymir