The Elder Edda
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The Elder Edda
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Author : Andy Orchard
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-04-07
The Elder Edda written by Andy Orchard and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-07 with Poetry categories.
Compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, and based on sources dating back centuries earlier, these mythological and heroic poems tell of gods and mortals from an ancient era: the giant-slaying Thor, the doomed Völsung family, the Hel-ride of Brynhild and the cruelty of Atli the Hun. Eclectic, incomplete and fragmented, these verses nevertheless retain their stark beauty and their power to enthrall, opening a window on to the thoughts, beliefs and hopes of the Vikings and their world.
The Elder Edda
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-11-07
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Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Elder Edda is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 'So the company of men led a careless life, All was well with them: until One began To encompass evil, an enemy from hell. Grendel they called this cruel spirit...' J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales. Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction.They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.
The Poetic Edda
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Author : Lee M. Hollander
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1962
The Poetic Edda written by Lee M. Hollander and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Poetry categories.
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."
Icelandic Poetry Or The Edda Of Saemund
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1797
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The Elder Or Poetic Edda
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Author : Olive Bray
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
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Poems Of The Elder Edda
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language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2014-09-26
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The great poetic tradition of pre-Christian Scandinavia is known to us almost exclusively though the Poetic Edda. The poems originated in Iceland, Norway, and Greenland between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, when they were compiled in a unique manuscript known as the Codex Regius. The poems are primarily lyrical rather than narrative. Terry's readable translation includes the magnificent cosmological poem Völuspá ("The Sibyl's Prophecy"), didactic poems concerned with mythology and the everyday conduct of life, and heroic poems, of which an important group is concerned with the story of Sigurd and Brynhild. Poems of the Elder Edda will appeal to students of Old Norse, Icelandic, and Medieval literature, as well as to general readers of poetry.
Edda Saemundar
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Author : Olive Bray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Edda Saemundar written by Olive Bray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Eddas categories.
The Elder
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Author : Oliver Bray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-06-11
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Hardcover reprint of the original 1908 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Bray, Oliver. The Elder Or Poetic Edda; Commonly Known As Saemund's Edda. Edited And Translated With Introd. And Notes By Olve Bray. Illustrated By W.G. Collingwood, Volume 1. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Bray, Oliver. The Elder Or Poetic Edda; Commonly Known As Saemund's Edda. Edited And Translated With Introd. And Notes By Olve Bray. Illustrated By W.G. Collingwood, Volume 1. London Printed For The Viking Club, 1908.
The Elder Edda
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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The Poetic Edda
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Author : Anonymous
language : en
Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
Release Date : 2010-01-01
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First passed down orally through innumerable generations of minstrels before the presence of Christianity in Scandinavia, and written down eventually by unknown poets, "The Poetic Edda" is a collection of mythological and heroic Old Norse poems. It was preserved for hundreds of years in the medieval Codex Regius of Iceland. This body of poetry contains narratives on creation, the Doom of the Gods, the adventures of Thor and hostile giants, and many tales of love, family, heroes, and tragedy. Rediscovered in the seventeenth century and immediately celebrated for its broad portrait of northern pagan beliefs, "The Poetic Edda" is the most important source of Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends in existence today. It is a fascinating collection of poems that has stirred the imagination of artists such as Richard Wagner and Thomas Gray, and it will continue to inspire as it stands as a valuable and informative historical document and an entertaining set of stories of Norse mythology.