Translating the poetic edda into english 29 hollanders translation is still. Hollander 1962 and carolyne larrington 1996, the latter of which is a staple in undergraduate classes on the vikings and their mythology. Pdf translating the poetic edda carolyne larrington. It takes the form of a working edition of the mythological poems of the ancient norse poetic edda for modern pagans who practice the magic and religion of the north. Poetic edda hollander epub download d95d238e57 index next the poetic edda translated from the icelandic with an introduction and notes by. Old norse made new viking society web publications.
Download pdf durham research online durham university. The project gutenberg ebook of the elder eddas of saemund. The poetic edda index internet sacred text archive. Poetic edda,1 was brynjolf sveinsson, bishop of skalholt. This prelate, who was a zealous collector of ancient manuscripts, found in the year 1643, the old vellum codex, which is the most complete of all the known manuscripts of the edda. The poetic edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse. Hollander its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the north during the late heathen and early christian times. Poetic edda and peripheral to the main narrative of the saga text in which it survives. The poetic edda is not only of great interest to the student of antiquity. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Some poems similar to those found in codex regius are also included in some editions of the poetic edda. First passed down orally through innumerable generations of minstrels before the presence of christianity in scandinavia, and written down eventually by unknown poets, the poetic edda is a collection of mythological and heroic old norse poems. The poems of the poetic edda form the most complete and authentic body of surviving prechristian germanic religious and magical lore.
Hollander, 1986 excerpted from the poetic edda, published by university of texas press. Hollander,the poetic edda, 2nd revised edition, university of texas press, austin, 1962. Volume i of the copenhagen poetic edda not only furnished texts of the rest of the. Description of the book the poetic edda the elder edda.
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