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The poetic Edda / translated by Jeramy Dodds.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Edda Sæmundar. English
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Subjects (All):
- Mythology, Norse--Poetry--Translations into English.
- Mythology, Norse.
- Mythology, Norse--Poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 279 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Canada : Coach House Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- Valkyries, cannibalism, elves, a giant wolf, the gods, cross-dressing, the undead, tragic love, talking birds, how to behave at dinner parties, and the creation of the cosmos are just some of tile elements of these poetic tales. Anonymously committed to vellum in Iceland around 1270, the Poetic Edda contains aspects of much older oral lore that had been circulating throughout Northern Europe for centuries and that has enticed Wagner, Tolkien and Barges, among others. This rousing new translation, by celebrated poet Jeramy Dodds, brings a contemporary liveliness to these myths and legends without chipping the patina of the original. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Mythological Poems
- The Volva's Prophecy (Volospá) 26
- The High Ones Sayings (Hávatnái) 35
- Vafthrudnir's Sayings (Vaforúonismál) 58
- Grimnit's Sayings (Grímnismál) 67
- Skirnir's Journey (For Skírnis) 76
- Harbards Poem (Hárbarozióo) 83
- Hymir's Lay (Hymisqyioa) 90
- Loki's Flyting (Lokasenaa) 96
- Thrym's Lay (Pymsqvioa) 108
- Volund's Lay (Volundarqvioa) 113
- Alvis's Sayings (Alvíssmál) 119
- Heroic Poems
- The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbani (Helgaqvioa Hundingsbana in Fyrri) 126
- Helgi Hjorvardsson's Lay (Helgaqvioa Hjorvarozsonar) 134
- The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbani (Helgaqvioa Hundingsbana onnur) 143
- Of Sinfjotli's Death (Frá dauoa Sinfiotla) 153
- Gripir's Prophecy (Grípisspá) 154
- Regin's Lay (Reginsmál) 163
- Fafnir's Lay (Fáfnismál) 169
- Sigrdrifa's Lay (Sigrdrifomál) 177
- Fragment of Sigurd's Lay (Brot af Siguroarqvioo) 184
- The First Lay of Gudrun (Guonunarqvloa in Fyrsta) 187
- Sigurd's Short Lay (Siguroarqyioa in Scamma) 191
- Brynhilds Hel Ride (Helreio Brynhildar) 201
- The Slaying of the Niflungs (Dráp Niflunga) 204
- The Second Lay of Gudrun (Guorúnarqyioa onnur) 205
- The Third Lay of Gudrun (Guorúnarqvioa in Prioia) 211
- Oddrun's Dirge (Oddrúnargratr) 213
- Atli's Lay (Atlaqvioa)
- Atli's Greenlandic Lay (Atlamál in Grælenzcu) 225
- Gudrun's Whetting (Guorúnarhvot) 238
- Hamdir's Sayings (Hamoismál) 241
- Poems Not in the Codex Regius
- Baldr's Dreams (Baldrs Draumar) 246
- Rig's List (Rígsbula) 248
- Hyndla's Poem (Hyndlolióo) 255
- Grotti's Song (Grottasongr) 262.
- Other Format:
- Edda Sæmundar. English
- ISBN:
- 1552452964
- 9781552452967
- OCLC:
- 870289294
- Publisher Number:
- 99961121935
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