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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... thee to see him ; then shalt thou thyself ask him concerning his name ; " and the man wheeled about before him into the hall , and he went after , and straightway the door closed itself on his heels . There he saw a great room and much ...
... thee to see him ; then shalt thou thyself ask him concerning his name ; " and the man wheeled about before him into the hall , and he went after , and straightway the door closed itself on his heels . There he saw a great room and much ...
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... thee that most of his names have been given him by reason of this chance : there being so many branches of tongues in the world , all peoples believed that it was needful for them to turn his name into their own tongue , by which they ...
... thee that most of his names have been given him by reason of this chance : there being so many branches of tongues in the world , all peoples believed that it was needful for them to turn his name into their own tongue , by which they ...
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... thee so much tidings of him that the hours would be spent before all that I know were told . " XXII . Then said Gangleri : " I would ask tidings of more Æsir . " Hárr replied : " The second son of Odin is Baldr , and good things are to ...
... thee so much tidings of him that the hours would be spent before all that I know were told . " XXII . Then said Gangleri : " I would ask tidings of more Æsir . " Hárr replied : " The second son of Odin is Baldr , and good things are to ...
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... thee of it , but now thou shalt first 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 ...
... thee of it , but now thou shalt first 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 ...
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... bear , the breath of a fish , and the spittle of a bird . And though thou understand not these matters already , yet now thou mayest speedily find certain proof herein , that no lie is told thee THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 43.
... bear , the breath of a fish , and the spittle of a bird . And though thou understand not these matters already , yet now thou mayest speedily find certain proof herein , that no lie is told thee THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 43.
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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