The poetic Edda

by Larrington, Carolyne

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Title Statements

Full title :The poetic Edda / translated with an introduction and notes by Carolyne Larrington.

Summary

After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its destruction and rebirth. In this great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry, the exploits of gods and humans are related. The one-eyed Odin, red-bearded Thor, Loki the trickster, the lovely goddesses and the giants who are their enemies walk beside the heroic Helgi, Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer, Brynhild the shield-maiden, and the implacable Gudrun. New in this revised translation are the quest-poem The Lay of Svipdag and The Waking of Angantyr, in which a girl faces down her dead father to retrieve his sword. --

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.
Edition:Revised edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxiii, 347 pages ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199675340, 0199675341, 9780198834571, 0198834578
oclc:on1115005049
LC Classification:PT7234.E5
Dewey Decimal:839/.63

Subjects

Edda Sæmundar Eddas Eddas -- Translations into English Mythology, Norse Mythology, Norse -- Poetry Old Norse poetry Old Norse poetry -- Translations into E… Poésie Poetry Translations