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The Poetic Edda : stories of the Norse gods and heroes / translated and edited, with introduction, by Jackson Crawford.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Edda Sæmundar. English (Crawford)
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Subjects (All):
- Eddas--Translations into English.
- Eddas.
- Old Norse poetry.
- Mythology, Norse--Poetry.
- Mythology, Norse.
- Genre:
- legends (literary genre)
- Narrative poetry.
- Myths.
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- lxxi, 423 pages : illustrations, map, facsimile, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
- monochrome
- illustration
- facsimile
- Edition:
- Expanded second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, [2025]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Old Icelandic.
- Summary:
- "Offers a wider range of poems (now including the Eddic Old Norse poem "Svipdagsmal" and four related non-Eddic Old Norse poems, "Eiriksmal," "Hakonarmal," "Krakumal," and "Lokrur") as well as a revised translation and enhanced editorial apparatus. Set in a new page design, it also features samples from the Old Norse texts written in the Old Norse runic alphabet known as the Younger Futhark (in Jackson Crawford's hand) along with original Old Norse-inspired Latin alphabet typographical ideograms"-- Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Poems about gods and elves. Voluspa = The prophecy of Ragnarok
- Havamal = The counsel of Odin the One-Eyed
- Vafthruthnismal = Odin's contest with Riddle-Weaver
- Grimnismal = The words of Odin in disguise
- For skirnis = The journey of Skirnir on behalf of Frey
- Harbarthsljoth = The taunting of Thor by Odin
- Hymiskvitha = The fetching of the cauldron
- Lokasenna = Loki's taunts
- Thrymskvitha = The theft of Mjollnir
- Volundarkvitha =
- Poems about gods and elves. Voluspa
- Havamal
- Vafthruthnismal
- Grimnismal
- For skirnis
- Harbarthsljoth
- Hymiskvitha
- Lokasenna
- Thrymskvitha
- Volundarkvitha
- Alvissmal
- Baldrs draumar
- Rigsthula
- Voluspa in skamma
- Grottasongr
- Poems about heroes. Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar
- Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I
- Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II
- Fra dautha Sinfjotla
- Gripisspa
- Reginsmal
- Fafnismal
- Sigrdrifumal
- Brot af Sigurtharkvithu
- Guthrunarkvitha I
- Sigurtharkvitha in skamma
- Helreith Brynhildar
- Drap Niflunga
- Atlakvitha
- Guthrunarkvitha II
- Guthrunarkvitha III
- Oddrunargratr
- Guthrunargratr
- Hamthismal
- Svipdagsmal
- Related texts. Eiriksmal ; Hakonarmal
- Krakumal
- Lokrur
- The cowboy Havamal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1647922496
- 9781647922498
- 9781647922504
- 164792250X
- OCLC:
- 1524961263
- Publisher Number:
- 90103621350
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