18 books like The Elder or Poetic Edda

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Asgard stories Mary H. Foster · 1901 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The world of Norse mythology is brought vividly to life in this collection of tales for young readers describing Odin, Freyja, Thor, Loki, and other gods of the ancient Scandinavians. Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology

A manual of Scandinavian mythology Grenville Pigott · 1978 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Originally published in 1839, this was the first good summary in English of the characters and themes of the Nordic myths, with a popular account of the two Eddas and of the religion of Odin. The author shows that the subject of Scandinavian mythology, then little studied, was the source of most of our popular superstitions, from whence the favorite authors of our early childhood have drawn their… Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology

Eddic [mythology] John Arnott MacCulloch · 1930 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology

The Poetic Edda Jackson Crawford · 2015 · ★ 4.3 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes… Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology, Poetry

Odin und Sein Reich Werner Hahn · 2010 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around… Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology

The Poetic Edda Carolyne Larrington · 1999 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new theoretical approaches (feminist, structuralist, post-structuralist) to each of… Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology, Poetry

Valhalla: the myths of Norseland Julia Clinton Jones · 1878 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Norse Mythology, Poetry

The Poetic Edda Henry Adams Bellows · 1936 · 515p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The Poetic Edda translated by Henry Adams Bellows This edition is a reprint of the 1923 Bellows translation of Scandinavian mythology. Table Of Contians.... 01. Voluspo 02. Hovamol 03. Vafthruthnismol 04. Grimnismol 05. Skirnismol 06. Harbarthsljoth 07. Hymiskvitha 08. Lokasenna 09. Thrymskvitha 10. Alvissmol 11. Baldrs Draumar 12. Rigsthula 13. Hyndluljoth 14. Svipdagsmol 15. Völundarkvitha 16.… Shares: Norse Mythology, Poetry

Helge-digtene i den Ældre Edda Sophus Bugge · 1899 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology

Vafþrúðnismál Tim William Machan · 2008 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "Probably composed at the height of the Viking Age, Vafrunismal recounts how one day the mysterious and powerful god Ooinn visits the hall of an ancient giant named Vafprunismal. There, with their heads wagered over the outcome, the two engage in a wisdom contest about how the world was created, who inhabits it, and what will come of it when the gods and giants battle one last time at the… Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology

Edda Snorri Sturluson · 1665 · ★ 3.9 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Demanding "Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of… Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology, Poetry

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Les Contemplations est un recueil de poésie de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856. Il est composé de 158 poèmes rassemblés en six livres. La plupart de ces poèmes ont été écrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poèmes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l’amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et même d'une certaine foi mystique. Le… Shares: Poetry

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares: Poetry

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works in American literature. But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written–poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition. Shares: Poetry

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill · 1896 · ★ 3.6 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Prejudice is a legal term with different meanings, which depend on whether it is used in criminal, civil, or common law. In legal context, prejudice differs from the more common use of the word and so the term has specific technical meanings. Shares: Poetry

Prince Arthur Sir Richard Blackmore · 1695 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Demanding 90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1) assembles an expansive canon of world literature, placing philosophical dialogue, epic romance, social realism, Gothic speculation, detective fiction, travel narrative, lyric meditation, and the short story in productive proximity. Spanning antiquity to modernity, the volume reveals how enduring questions of freedom, desire, morality, class, imagination, and… Shares: Poetry

Helen of Troy, and other poems Sara Teasdale · 1911 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Challenging This book is a collection of poems by Sara Tesdale beautiful poems which are simpler and related to general topics beautiful songs about the city she loved so much and later made her home. Read this anthology and swoon. Shares: Poetry

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