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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... hear ; that is a wondrous great piece of craftsmanship , and cunningly made . How was the earth contrived ? " And Hárr answered : “ She is ring - shaped without , and round about her without lieth the deep sea ; and along the 20 PROSE EDDA.
... hear ; that is a wondrous great piece of craftsmanship , and cunningly made . How was the earth contrived ? " And Hárr answered : “ She is ring - shaped without , and round about her without lieth the deep sea ; and along the 20 PROSE EDDA.
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... hear more of the names of the Æsir . I Bragr , as a noun , means " poetry ; " as an adjective , it seems to mean " fore- most " ( Cl . - Vig . ) . Thus the phrase bragr karla seems to be " foremost of men , " with apparent reference to ...
... hear more of the names of the Æsir . I Bragr , as a noun , means " poetry ; " as an adjective , it seems to mean " fore- most " ( Cl . - Vig . ) . Thus the phrase bragr karla seems to be " foremost of men , " with apparent reference to ...
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... hears how grass grows on the earth or wool on sheep , and everything that has a louder sound . He has that trumpet which is called Gjallar - Horn , and its blast is heard throughout all worlds . Heimdallr's sword is called Head . It is ...
... hears how grass grows on the earth or wool on sheep , and everything that has a louder sound . He has that trumpet which is called Gjallar - Horn , and its blast is heard throughout all worlds . Heimdallr's sword is called Head . It is ...
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... hear . Then , when the fetter was brought to the Æsir , they thanked the messenger well for his errand . Then the Æsir went out upon the lake called Áms- vartnir , to the island called Lyngvi , and summoning the Wolf with them , they ...
... hear . Then , when the fetter was brought to the Æsir , they thanked the messenger well for his errand . Then the Æsir went out upon the lake called Áms- vartnir , to the island called Lyngvi , and summoning the Wolf with them , they ...
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