|
|
Product Description
The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times.
Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf."
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
- Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism
- Our Troth: History and Lore
- The Peregrine (New York Review Books Classics)
- Edda (Everyman's Library)
- Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic
- The Study Havamal: Original Old Norse - 3 English Translations - Journal
- The Sagas of Icelanders: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics)
- A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru
*If this is not the "The Poetic Edda" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link
.
Details were last updated on Jun 29, 2024 01:03 +08.
