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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... son of a turbulent and ambitious chieftain , Sturla Thórdsson , of Hvamm in western Iceland , he was born to a heritage of strife and avarice . The history of the Sturlung house , like that of Douglas in Scotland , is a long and ...
... son of a turbulent and ambitious chieftain , Sturla Thórdsson , of Hvamm in western Iceland , he was born to a heritage of strife and avarice . The history of the Sturlung house , like that of Douglas in Scotland , is a long and ...
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... son - in - law , Gizurr Thórvaldsson , in 1241 , there was little in his life which his biographer could relate with satisfaction . His friends , his relatives , his very children , Snorri sacrificed to his in- satiate ambition . As ...
... son - in - law , Gizurr Thórvaldsson , in 1241 , there was little in his life which his biographer could relate with satisfaction . His friends , his relatives , his very children , Snorri sacrificed to his in- satiate ambition . As ...
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... sons of them ; and we hold all that true which is found in these songs concerning their wayfarings and their battles . ' Of · ... the written prose sources he drew upon he. 1 An excellent description and classification of the MSS . may ...
... sons of them ; and we hold all that true which is found in these songs concerning their wayfarings and their battles . ' Of · ... the written prose sources he drew upon he. 1 An excellent description and classification of the MSS . may ...
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... sons of God's mighty wonders ? Thus it happened that they lost the name of God ; and throughout the wideness of the world the man was not found who could distinguish in aught the trace of his Creator . But not the less did God bestow ...
... sons of God's mighty wonders ? Thus it happened that they lost the name of God ; and throughout the wideness of the world the man was not found who could distinguish in aught the trace of his Creator . But not the less did God bestow ...
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... way than in other places , so also were the sons of men there most favored with all goodly gifts : wisdom , and strength of the body , beauty , and all manner of knowledge . III Near the earth's centre was made that goodliest of PROLOGUE 5.
... way than in other places , so also were the sons of men there most favored with all goodly gifts : wisdom , and strength of the body , beauty , and all manner of knowledge . III Near the earth's centre was made that goodliest of PROLOGUE 5.
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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