The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Bellows, Henry Adams

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The vibrant Old Norse poems in this collection, which may have been brought together as early as the thirteenth century, authentically capture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. In addition, their images of a mythical world profoundly influenced latter-day storytellers as Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Known as the "Lays of the Gods," these mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction ever crystallized in literary form; the Hovamol, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the Thrymskvitha, a ballad of enduring loveliness.
The Poetic Edda is not only of the highest interest to students of antiquity; in the exceptionally detailed and complete translations included here, it offers lovers of poetry and myth some of the most remarkable surviving specimens from a distant age of poet-singers and oral traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apa Publications
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486139050
• Artikelnr.: 39139247

Autorenporträt

Henry Adams Bellows is also known for his acclaimed translation of Peter Abélard's The Story of My Misfortunes. His work on The Poetic Edda is praised for its balanced approach.

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction Lays of the Heroes Völundarkvitha Helgakvitha
Hjorvarthssonar Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II Fra
Dautha Sinfjotla Gripisspo Reginsmol Fafnismol Sigrdrifumol Brot af
Sigurtharkvithu Guthrunarkvitha Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma Helreith
Brynhildar Drap Niflunga Guhtrunarkvitha II, en Forna Guhtrunarkvitha III
Oddrunargratr Atlakvitha en Grönlenzka Atlamol en Grönlenzku Guthrunarhvot
Hamthesmol