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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... For Snorri's sources con- sult pp . lxxvi ff . 2 Ibid . , P. lxxxvi . 3 Tal is used here in the sense of an enumeration ( of ancestors ) ; hence , a genealogy . who speirest ; he shall sit . And stand thou. INTRODUCTION X111.
... For Snorri's sources con- sult pp . lxxvi ff . 2 Ibid . , P. lxxxvi . 3 Tal is used here in the sense of an enumeration ( of ancestors ) ; hence , a genealogy . who speirest ; he shall sit . And stand thou. INTRODUCTION X111.
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... 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 people , some with games ...
... 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 people , some with games ...
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... thou forth Who answers , III . Gangleri began his questioning thus : " Who is fore- most , or oldest , of all the gods ? " Hárr answered : " He is called in our speech Allfather , but in the Elder Ásgard he had twelve names : one is ...
... thou forth Who answers , III . Gangleri began his questioning thus : " Who is fore- most , or oldest , of all the gods ? " Hárr answered : " He is called in our speech Allfather , but in the Elder Ásgard he had twelve names : one is ...
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... thou believe that they be gods ? " Hárr re- plied : " In this matter there is no little to be said . They took I 1 Literally , mill - bench or mortar . Ymir and bore him into the middle of the Yawning THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 19.
... thou believe that they be gods ? " Hárr re- plied : " In this matter there is no little to be said . They took I 1 Literally , mill - bench or mortar . Ymir and bore him into the middle of the Yawning THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 19.
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... From Valfather's wage . where the eye thou hiddest , well of Mímir ; every morning Wit ye yet , or what ? The third root of the Ash stands in heaven ; and under that root is the well which is very holy , THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 27.
... From Valfather's wage . where the eye thou hiddest , well of Mímir ; every morning Wit ye yet , or what ? The third root of the Ash stands in heaven ; and under that root is the well which is very holy , THE BEGUILING OF GYLFI 27.
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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