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The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2006-01-31 Pages: 304 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books The inspiration for modern works as diverse as Wagners Ring Cycle and Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings. Snorri Sturlsons The Prose Edda is a collection of pagan tales that are among the most influential of all myths and legends. translated with notes and an introduction by Jesse Byock in Penguin Modern Classics. The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age. it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods. giants. dwarves and elves struggle for survival. It also preserves the oral memory of heroes. warrior kings and queens. In clear prose interspersed with powerful verse. the Edda provides unparalleled ...Read More

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    The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods giants dwarves and elves struggle for survival. It also preserves the oral memory of heroes warrior kings and queens. In clear prose interspersed with powerful verse the Edda provides unparalleled insight into the gods' tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle Ragnarok when the world will be destroyed. These tales from the pagan era have proved to be among the most influential of all myths and legends inspiring modern works as diverse as Wagner's Ring Cycle and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

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    The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. In prose interspersed with powerful verse, the Edda shows the gods' tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle, Ragnarok, when the world will be destroyed. These tales have proved to be among the most influential of all myths and legends, inspiring works such as Wagner's Ring Cycle and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.Translated with an Introduction and notes by JESSE BYOCK

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    The Prose Edda : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140447552 : 0140447555 : 31 Jan 2006 : One of the great storybooks of the middle ages: a master storyteller from the thirteenth century recounts classic tales of Icelandic mythology along with a lesson to young poets on the importance of learning, respecting, and continuing traditional Icelandic poetic styles.

  • Waterstones

    One of the great storybooks of the middle ages: a master storyteller from the thirteenth century recounts classic tales of Icelandic mythology along with a lesson to young poets on the importance of learning, respecting, and continuing traditional Ic

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    Snorri Sturluson, Jesse L. Byock

  • 0140447555
  • 9780140447552
  • Jesse Byock, Snorri Sturluson
  • 28 July 2005
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
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