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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... and will also realize that the Edda is a masterpiece of style , -style that no translator can ever reproduce . A. G. B. Cambridge , Massachusetts July 1 , 1916 PROLOGUE PROLOGUE N the beginning God created heaven and earth xxii ...
... and will also realize that the Edda is a masterpiece of style , -style that no translator can ever reproduce . A. G. B. Cambridge , Massachusetts July 1 , 1916 PROLOGUE PROLOGUE N the beginning God created heaven and earth xxii ...
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Tales from Norse Mythology Snorri Sturluson. PROLOGUE PROLOGUE N the beginning God created heaven and earth and.
Tales from Norse Mythology Snorri Sturluson. PROLOGUE PROLOGUE N the beginning God created heaven and earth and.
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... earth ; and the races de- scended from them . And it was even as before : when the earth was full of folk and inhabited of many , then all the multitude of mankind began to love greed , wealth , and worldly honor , but neglected the ...
... earth ; and the races de- scended from them . And it was even as before : when the earth was full of folk and inhabited of many , then all the multitude of mankind began to love greed , wealth , and worldly honor , but neglected the ...
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... earth is , that in each year grass and flowers grow upon the earth , and in the same year all that growth falls away and withers ; it is even so with beasts and birds : hair and feathers grow and fall away each year . This is the third ...
... earth is , that in each year grass and flowers grow upon the earth , and in the same year all that growth falls away and withers ; it is even so with beasts and birds : hair and feathers grow and fall away each year . This is the third ...
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... earth and in the sky , the great stars also of the heaven , and the winds of the sea . Wherefore , not only to tell of this fit- tingly , but also that they might fasten it in memory , they gave names out of their own minds to all ...
... earth and in the sky , the great stars also of the heaven , and the winds of the sea . Wherefore , not only to tell of this fit- tingly , but also that they might fasten it in memory , they gave names out of their own minds to all ...
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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