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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... wolves ; and he that runs after her is called Skoll ; she fears him , and he shall take her . But he that leaps before her is called Hati Hródvitnisson . He is eager to seize the moon ; and so it must be . " Then said Gangleri : " What ...
... wolves ; and he that runs after her is called Skoll ; she fears him , and he shall take her . But he that leaps before her is called Hati Hródvitnisson . He is eager to seize the moon ; and so it must be . " Then said Gangleri : " What ...
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... wolves ; and from this source are these wolves sprung . The saying runs thus : from this race shall come one that shall be mightiest of all , he that is named Moon- Hound ; he shall be filled with the flesh of all those men that die ...
... wolves ; and from this source are these wolves sprung . The saying runs thus : from this race shall come one that shall be mightiest of all , he that is named Moon- Hound ; he shall be filled with the flesh of all those men that die ...
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... wolves seemed ill , After the song of swans . Then Skadi sang this : Sleep could I never on the sea - beds , For the wailing of waterfowl ; He wakens me , who comes from the deep- The sea - mew every morn . Then Skadi went up onto the ...
... wolves seemed ill , After the song of swans . Then Skadi sang this : Sleep could I never on the sea - beds , For the wailing of waterfowl ; He wakens me , who comes from the deep- The sea - mew every morn . Then Skadi went up onto the ...
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... Wolf to take upon him the fetter Gleipnir , the wolf did not believe them , that they would loose him , until they laid Tyr's hand into his mouth as a pledge . But when the Æsir would not loose him , then he bit off the hand at the ...
... Wolf to take upon him the fetter Gleipnir , the wolf did not believe them , that they would loose him , until they laid Tyr's hand into his mouth as a pledge . But when the Æsir would not loose him , then he bit off the hand at the ...
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... Wolf , the second Jör- mungandr — that is the Midgard Serpent , —the third is Hel . But when the gods learned that this kindred was nour- ished in Jötunheim , and when the gods perceived by pro- phecy that from this kindred great ...
... Wolf , the second Jör- mungandr — that is the Midgard Serpent , —the third is Hel . But when the gods learned that this kindred was nour- ished in Jötunheim , and when the gods perceived by pro- phecy that from this kindred great ...
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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