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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: Old Norse poetry, 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: Old Norse poetry, Eddas, Norse Mythology

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

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

Loki Mike Vasich · 2010 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Loki is a god in Norse mythology. Loki engineers the death of the beloved god Baldr and is bound by the gods and suffers from serpent venom. His wife Sigyn collects the venom in a bowl. However, she must empty the bowl when it is full and the venom that drips in the meantime causes Loki to writhe in pain, thereby causing earthquakes. Shares: Mythologie nordique, Norse Mythology

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, History and criticism

The Elder or Poetic Edda Olive Bray · 1908 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Excerpt from The Elder or Poetic Edda, Vol. 1: Commonly Known as Sæmund's Edda The Elder or Poetic Edda: Commonly Known As Sæmund's Edda was written by Olive Bray in 1908. This is a 408 page book, containing 100772 words and 27 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at… Shares: Eddas, Norse Mythology

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

Asgard stories Mary H. Foster · 1901 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A collection of myths about Thor, Balder, Loki, and other Nordic gods and goddesses. Shares: Mythologie nordique, Norse Mythology

The heroes of Asgard Annie Keary · 1893 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: Mythologie nordique, Norse Mythology

Valhalla Peter Madsen · 1979 A Danish comic book series originally published in 15 albums between 1979 and 2009. All 15 albums have been collected in these 5 volumes published in 2010 by Carlsen. Each volume contains extra material not found in the originals. Shares: Mythologie nordique, Norse Mythology

Volos, i︠a︡zycheskoe bozhestvo slavi︠a︡no-russov, sravnennoe s Odinom skandinavovStefan Sabinin

Volos, i︠a︡zycheskoe bozhestvo slavi︠a︡no-russov, sravnennoe s Odinom skandinavov Stefan Sabinin · 1843 · 36p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Shares: Norse Mythology, History and criticism

Cold counsel Karen Swenson · 2000 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland. Shares: Mythologie nordique, Histoire et critique, Norse Mythology, History and criticism

Loki Georges Dumézil · 1948 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Dio senza culto, sprovvisto di un luogo sacro e di un ruolo preciso, e tuttavia indispensabile – senza di lui interi cicli mitologici risulterebbero privi di senso –, Loki è uno dei personaggi più enigmatici e affascinanti della mitologia norrena. Amico e complice di Odino e Thor, e loro peggiore nemico, artefice ingegnoso e burlone, insieme responsabile della morte di Baldr e della fine del… Shares: Mythologie nordique, Norse Mythology

How Thor Lost His Thunder Declan Taggart · 2017 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "How Thor Lost his Thunder is the first major English-language study of early medieval evidence for the Old Norse god, Thor. This geographically and chronologically far-reaching study considers the earliest sources in which Thor appears, including in evidence from the Viking colonies of the British Isles and in Scandinavian folklore. Through tracing the changes and variety that has occurred in… Shares: Mythologie nordique, Norse Mythology

Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts Gloria Allaire · 2018 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Published in 1999, the ten essays in this collection identify and examine reworkings of identifiable source texts from the medieval or Renaissance periods. The reasons for the modern adaptations depend variously on an individual author’s personal perspectives, the worldview of his or her society, and the individual’s place in it. The various chapters therefore address issues such as why a… Shares: Histoire et critique, History and criticism

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