Poetic Edda

Name: Poetic Edda
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ISBN: 9780192823830

ISBN-10: 0192823833

ISBN-13: 9780192823830

Edition: 1996

Authors: Carolyne Larrington, Carolyne Larrington, Carolyne Larrington

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This collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological & heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda contains the greater narratives of the creation of the world & the coming of Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods. It is the first complete translation for 50 years.

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/19/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 4.56" wide x 7.31" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Note on the Translation


Select Bibliography


Main Genealogies of Giants, Gods, and Heroes


The Seeress's Prophecy


Sayings of the High One


Vafthrudnir's Sayings


Grimnir's Sayings


Skirnir's Journey


Harbard's Song


Hymir's Poem


Loki's Quarrel


Thrym's Poem


The Lay of Volund


All-Wise's Sayings


The First Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani


The Poem of Helgi Hiorvardsson


A Second Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani


The Death of Sinfiotli


Gripir's Prophecy


The Lay of Regin


The Lay of Fafnir


The Lay of Sigrdrifa


Fragment of a Poem About Sigurd


The First Lay of Gudrun


A Short Poem About Sigurd


Brynhild's Ride to Hell


The Death of the Niflungs


The Second Lay of Gudrun


The Third Lay of Gudrun


Oddrun's Lament


The Lay of Atli


The Greenlandic Poem of Atli


The Whetting of Gudrun


The Lay of Hamdir


Baldr's Dreams


The List of Rig


The Song of Hyndla


The Song of Grotti


Explanatory Notes


Annotated Index of Names