Prose Edda : Tales from Norse Mythology
by Sturluson, Snorri (Author); Byock, Jesse L. (Translator); Byock, Jesse L. (Editor/introduction)Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-31
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
The stirring, bloody, and tragic saga that inspired such artists as Wagner, Borges, and Tolkien Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Eddais the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales are peopled by giants, dwarves, and elves, superhuman heroes and indomitable warrior queens. Its gods live with the tragic knowledge of their own impending destruction in the cataclysmic battle of Ragnarok. Its time scale spans the eons from the world’s creation to its violent end. This robust new translation captures the magisterial sweep and startling psychological complexity of the Old Icelandic original.
Author Biography
Snorri Sturluson (1179-û1241) was the son of an upstart Icelandic chieftain. He rose to become Iceland-'s richest and, for a time, most powerful leader.
Jesse Byock is a professor of Icelandic and Old Norse studies at UCLA. He is the translator of The Saga of the Volsungs and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki for Penguin Classics.
Jesse Byock is a professor of Icelandic and Old Norse studies at UCLA. He is the translator of The Saga of the Volsungs and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki for Penguin Classics.
Table of Contents
| Map : the geographical world of the Edda | |
| The prose Edda | p. 1 |
| Gylfaginning (the deluding of Gylfi) | p. 9 |
| Skaldskaparmal (poetic diction) | p. 80 |
| Mythic and legendary tales poetic references from Skaldskaparmal | p. 108 |
| The Norse cosmos and the world tree | p. 119 |
| The language of the Skalds : Kennings and Heiti | p. 123 |
| Eddic poems used as sources in Gylfaginning | p. 127 |
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