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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... told by his nephew , Sturla Thórdsson , ' may well be omitted from this brief discussion . A careful and scholarly account of it by Eiríkr Magnússon will be found in the introduction to the sixth volume of The Saga Library . From ...
... told by his nephew , Sturla Thórdsson , ' may well be omitted from this brief discussion . A careful and scholarly account of it by Eiríkr Magnússon will be found in the introduction to the sixth volume of The Saga Library . From ...
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... told of him that he gave to a wandering woman , in return for her merry - making , a plow - land in his realm , as much as four oxen might turn up in a day and a night . But this woman was of the kin of the Æsir ; she was named Gefjun ...
... told of him that he gave to a wandering woman , in return for her merry - making , a plow - land in his realm , as much as four oxen might turn up in a day and a night . But this woman was of the kin of the Æsir ; she was named Gefjun ...
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... told in Völuspá : Erst was the age Nor sand nor sea , when nothing was : Earth was not found , A Yawning Gap , nor chilling stream - waves ; nor Ether - Heaven , - but grass was none . " Then said Jafnhárr : " It was many ages before ...
... told in Völuspá : Erst was the age Nor sand nor sea , when nothing was : Earth was not found , A Yawning Gap , nor chilling stream - waves ; nor Ether - Heaven , - but grass was none . " Then said Jafnhárr : " It was many ages before ...
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... told , as is said in Völuspá : The sun knew not The moon knew not The stars knew not Thus was it ere where she had housing ; what might he had ; where stood their places . the earth was fashioned . " Then said Gangleri : " These are ...
... told , as is said in Völuspá : The sun knew not The moon knew not The stars knew not Thus was it ere where she had housing ; what might he had ; where stood their places . the earth was fashioned . " Then said Gangleri : " These are ...
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... told thee , that the gods made a bridge from earth to heaven , called Bifröst ? Thou must have seen it ; it may be that ye call it ' rainbow . ' It is of three colors , and very strong , and made with cunning and with more magic art ...
... told thee , that the gods made a bridge from earth to heaven , called Bifröst ? Thou must have seen it ; it may be that ye call it ' rainbow . ' It is of three colors , and very strong , and made with cunning and with more magic art ...
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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