The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems translated by Henry Adams Bellows

DescriptionRead The Poetic Edda by Henry Adams Bellows back cover and table of contents. Then, if it resonates with you, add it to your cart and buy it today for your personal library. We are providing the content as an educational aid to your virtual shopping experience. Dover Publications copyrighted text.Edda Back Cover:The vibrant Old Norse poems in this collection, which may have been brought together as early as the thirteenth century, authentically capture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. In addition, their images of a mythical world profoundly influenced latter-day storytellers such as Richard Wagner and J.R.R. Tolkien.Known as the “Lays of the Gods,” these mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest conceptions of the world’s creation and ultimate destruction every crystalized in literary form; from Hovamol, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the Thrymskvitha, a ballad of enduring loveliness.The Poetic Edda is not only of the highest interest to students of antiquity; in the exceptionally detailed and complete translations included here, it offers lovers of poetry from a distant age of poet-singers and oral traditions.The Poetic Edda by Henry Adams Bellows table of contents:General Introduction – Lays of the Gods Voluspo Hovamol Vafthruthnismol Grimnismol Skirnismol Harbarthsljoth Hymiskvitha Alvissmol Baldrs Draumar Rigsthula Hyndluljoth SvipdagsmolStay connected with us on Twitter and Pinterest.