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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... fair- ness and pride , and the fruits of the earth's increase , gold and jewels . There also is the centre of the earth ; and even as the land there is lovelier and better in every way than in other places , so also were the sons of men ...
... fair- ness and pride , and the fruits of the earth's increase , gold and jewels . There also is the centre of the earth ; and even as the land there is lovelier and better in every way than in other places , so also were the sons of men ...
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... The fields and the choice lands in that place seemed fair to Odin , and he chose for himself the site of a city which is now called Sigtún . There he established chieftains in the fashion which had prevailed in Troy ; he set up 8 PROLOGUE.
... The fields and the choice lands in that place seemed fair to Odin , and he chose for himself the site of a city which is now called Sigtún . There he established chieftains in the fashion which had prevailed in Troy ; he set up 8 PROLOGUE.
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... fair of feature , great and mighty . He begat a son called Borr , who wedded the woman named Bestla , daughter of Bölthorn the giant ; and they had three sons : one was Odin , the second Vili , the third Vé . And this is my belief ...
... fair of feature , great and mighty . He begat a son called Borr , who wedded the woman named Bestla , daughter of Bölthorn the giant ; and they had three sons : one was Odin , the second Vili , the third Vé . And this is my belief ...
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... fair after his father . Then Allfather took Night , and Day her son , and gave to them two horses and two chariots , and sent them up into the heavens , to ride round about the earth every two half - days . Night rides before with the ...
... fair after his father . Then Allfather took Night , and Day her son , and gave to them two horses and two chariots , and sent them up into the heavens , to ride round about the earth every two half - days . Night rides before with the ...
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... fair and comely that he called his son Moon , and his daughter Sun , and wedded her to the man called Glenr . But the gods were incensed at that insolence , and took the brother and sister , and set them up in the heavens ; they caused ...
... fair and comely that he called his son Moon , and his daughter Sun , and wedded her to the man called Glenr . But the gods were incensed at that insolence , and took the brother and sister , and set them up in the heavens ; they caused ...
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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