Passed down long ago from poet to poet and singer to singer in the great oral tradition of Scandinavia, this collection of heroic sagas explores a mythical world. Incorporating legends of Norse gods and heroes, great fires and floods, superhuman warriors and doomed lovers, these dramatic poems weave
The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems
โ Scribed by Henry Adams Bellows
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780486437279
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โฆ Synopsis
The vibrant Old Norse poems in this 13th-century collection recapture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. These mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest literary conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and more.
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