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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... sordid political chicanery , found time not only to com- pose original verse which was admired by his contempo- raries , but also to record the myths and legends , the history and poetry , of his race , in a prose X INTRODUCTION.
... sordid political chicanery , found time not only to com- pose original verse which was admired by his contempo- raries , but also to record the myths and legends , the history and poetry , of his race , in a prose X INTRODUCTION.
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Tales from Norse Mythology Snorri Sturluson. and poetry , of his race , in a prose that is one of the glories of the age . 2 The perplexing story of Snorri's life , told by his nephew , Sturla Thórdsson , ' may well be omitted from this ...
Tales from Norse Mythology Snorri Sturluson. and poetry , of his race , in a prose that is one of the glories of the age . 2 The perplexing story of Snorri's life , told by his nephew , Sturla Thórdsson , ' may well be omitted from this ...
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... race ; for the tears of Freyja , the tragic sorrows of Gudrún , the pitiful end of Svanhildr , the magnificent , all- devastating fire of Ragnarök . His interest in these wondrous things , like Scott's love for the heroes , beliefs ...
... race ; for the tears of Freyja , the tragic sorrows of Gudrún , the pitiful end of Svanhildr , the magnificent , all- devastating fire of Ragnarök . His interest in these wondrous things , like Scott's love for the heroes , beliefs ...
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... races are descended . And their offspring multiplied among them- selves and were scattered throughout the earth . But as time passed , the races of men became unlike in nature : some were good and believed on the right ; but many more ...
... races are descended . And their offspring multiplied among them- selves and were scattered throughout the earth . But as time passed , the races of men became unlike in nature : some were good and believed on the right ; but many more ...
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... races were and the tribes of men increased ? " Then said Hárr : " The streams called Ice - waves , those which were so long come from the fountain - heads that the yeasty venom upon them had hardened like the slag that runs out of the ...
... races were and the tribes of men increased ? " Then said Hárr : " The streams called Ice - waves , those which were so long come from the fountain - heads that the yeasty venom upon them had hardened like the slag that runs out of the ...
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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