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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... tell their 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 ...
... tell their 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 ...
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... tell of this fit- tingly , but also that they might fasten it in memory , they gave names out of their own minds to all things . This be- lief of theirs has changed in many ways , according as the peoples drifted asunder and their ...
... tell of this fit- tingly , but also that they might fasten it in memory , they gave names out of their own minds to all things . This be- lief of theirs has changed in many ways , according as the peoples drifted asunder and their ...
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... the northern half of his kingdom he found the prophetess that is called Síbil , whom we call Sif , and wedded her . The lineage of Sif I cannot tell ; she was fairest of all women , and her hair was like gold . Their son was. 6 PROLOGUE.
... the northern half of his kingdom he found the prophetess that is called Síbil , whom we call Sif , and wedded her . The lineage of Sif I cannot tell ; she was fairest of all women , and her hair was like gold . Their son was. 6 PROLOGUE.
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... Moreover , so many serpents are in Hvergelmir with Nídhöggr , that no tongue can tell them , as is here said : Ash Yggdrasill suffers anguish , More than men know of : The stag bites above ; on the side it rotteth THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 29.
... Moreover , so many serpents are in Hvergelmir with Nídhöggr , that no tongue can tell them , as is here said : Ash Yggdrasill suffers anguish , More than men know of : The stag bites above ; on the side it rotteth THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 29.
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... Then said Gangleri : " Thou knowest many tidings to tell of the heaven . What chief abodes are there more than at Urdr's Well ? " Hárr said : " Many places are there , A hall I know standing Thatched with gold There shall. 30 PROSE EDDA.
... Then said Gangleri : " Thou knowest many tidings to tell of the heaven . What chief abodes are there more than at Urdr's Well ? " Hárr said : " Many places are there , A hall I know standing Thatched with gold There shall. 30 PROSE EDDA.
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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