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Larrington Carolyne (Professor Of Medieval European Literature And Official Fellow St John's College University Of Oxford)
Larrington Carolyne (Professor Of Medieval European Literature And Official Fellow St John's College University Of Oxford) - The Poetic Edda - Hardcover
Larrington Carolyne (Professor Of Medieval European Literature And Official Fellow St John's College University Of Oxford) - The Poetic Edda - Hardcover
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Description: She sees coming up a second time earth from the ocean eternally green;the waterfalls plunge an eagle soars above them over the mountain hunting fish. 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. This translation also features 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. Comic tragic instructive grandiose witty and profound the poems of the Edda have influenced artists from Wagner to Tolkien and speak to us as freely as when they were first written down seven hundred and fifty years ago.
Title: The Poetic Edda
Author(s): Larrington Carolyne (Professor Of Medieval European Literature And Official Fellow St John's College University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198834571
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 7/1/2019
Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
Category: Folklore, Myths & Legends
Description: She sees coming up a second time earth from the ocean eternally green;the waterfalls plunge an eagle soars above them over the mountain hunting fish. 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. This translation also features 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. Comic tragic instructive grandiose witty and profound the poems of the Edda have influenced artists from Wagner to Tolkien and speak to us as freely as when they were first written down seven hundred and fifty years ago.
Title: The Poetic Edda
Author(s): Larrington Carolyne (Professor Of Medieval European Literature And Official Fellow St John's College University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198834571
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 7/1/2019
Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
Category: Folklore, Myths & Legends