The Poetic Edda, Volume 1The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. 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. Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf." |
Contents
Voluspá | 1 |
Hávamál | 14 |
Vafþrúonismál | 42 |
Grímnismál | 53 |
Skírnismál | 65 |
Hárbarzljóo | 74 |
Hymiskvioa | 83 |
Lokasenna | 90 |
Fáfnismál | 223 |
Sigrdrífumál | 233 |
The Great Lacuna | 241 |
Brot af Sigurþarkviou | 243 |
Guorúnarkvioa I | 247 |
Sigurþurkvioa hin skamma | 252 |
Helreio Brynhildar | 264 |
Dráp Niflunga | 268 |
þrymskvioa | 104 |
Alvíssmál | 110 |
Baldrs draumar | 117 |
Rígsþcula | 120 |
Hyndluljóo | 129 |
Voluspá hin skamma | 137 |
Svipdagsmál | 140 |
Grottasongr | 153 |
Volundarkvioa | 159 |
The Helgi Lays | 168 |
Frá dauoa Sinfjotla | 203 |
Grípisspá | 205 |
Reginsmál | 216 |
Guorúnarkvioa II hin forna | 269 |
Guorúnarkvioa III | 277 |
Oddrúnargrátr | 279 |
Atlakvioa | 285 |
Atlamál hin grœnlenzku | 294 |
Guorúnarhvot | 311 |
Hamoismál hin fornu | 316 |
Dvergatal | 322 |
Guide to Pronunciation | 324 |
Glossary | 325 |
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