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The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics)

By Snorri Sturluson , Jesse L. Byock

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Year
2006
ISBN
0140447555, 9780140447552
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
232 kB (237750 bytes)
Pages
94\97
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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 Edda is 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.

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