New to this Edition:
'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. New in this revised translation are 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 a new generation of video-game and film makers.
REVIEWS:
"Larringtons version of The Poetic Edda has been beautifully translated, and the flow of each poem is perfect." - Kirsty Hewitt, Book Hugger
"A 750-year-old haul of Icelandic verse might not sound like cutting-edge entertainment but these sinewy sagas include such modern elements as gutsy heroines and ultra-violence." - Christopher Hirst, Independent
"these sinewy sagas include such modern elements as gutsy heroines and ultra-violence" - Independent
Introduction
Note on the Translation
Select Bibliography
Main Genealogies of Giants, Gods, and Heroes
THE POETIC EDDA
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
Thrm's Poem
The Poem 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 Poem of Gudrun
A Short Poem about Sigurd
"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."
Oxford World's Classics presents a fully revised translation of the great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as The Poetic Edda, containing the narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods. Gods, giants, and human heroes populate the poems.
Comic, tragic, instructive, grandiose, witty and profound, the poems of the Edda have influenced artists from Wagner to Tolkien and a new generation of video-game and film makers.
To listen to Professor Carolyne Larrington, editor of the Oxford World's Classics edition, introduce The Poetic Edda click on the links below.
Introduction to The Poems
The history of the poems
The Cultural Legacy
The Study of The Poetic Edda
ISBN : 9780199675340
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