Edda means poetic art, and Sturluson's guidebook for Icelandic poets has been a timeless inspiration for generations of writers around the world, including Wagner, Borges, and Tolkien. The first section, the Prologue, describes the Norse Gods as. Select the department you want to search in. Iceland's great literary genius, Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241), combined oral traditions, genealogical records, and old songs to immortalize his country's glorious past. The Prose Edda, coupled with the Poetic Edda, comprises the majority of Scandinavian mythology. The Prose Edda: Classic Old Norse Mythology (Annotated): Sturluson, Snorri: 9798391946359: Books - Amazon.ca.
The wellspring of modern knowledge of Norse mythology, these sagas preserved the Vikings' narrative style from an invading European influence. They also depict the comic and disastrous results of ambition, passion, and destiny. From the dawn of the world's creation to its ultimate destruction, these enthralling Norse stories chronicle the victories and tragedies of both gods and men. This text contains 'The Prose Edda' - the wellspring of modern knowledge of Norse Mythology. Resounding with a poetic instinct for the picturesque, the dramatic, and the human, they form vivid portraits of the characters' personalities. 31.99 7 Used from 25.00 15 New from 31.79. Spanning the dawn of the world's creation to its fiery destruction, these gripping Norse legends chronicle the triumphs and tragedies of a lost era. Gods and giants bestride these ancient tales, in which warrior queens and noble heroes battle with elves, dwarves, and fearsome monsters.
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