{"product_id":"the-poetic-edda-the-mythological-poems","title":"The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references.;Translated from the Icelandic.;Unabridged republication of the first part of: The poetic Edda;originally published: New York: American Scandinavian Foundation, 1923.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 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 as Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien. \n\u003cbr\u003eKnown as the \"Lays of the Gods,\" these mythological poems include the \n\u003ci\u003eVoluspo\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the broadest conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction ever crystallized in literary form; the \n\u003ci\u003eHovamol\u003c\/i\u003e, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the \n\u003ci\u003eLokasenna\u003c\/i\u003e, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the \n\u003ci\u003eThrymskvitha\u003c\/i\u003e, a ballad of enduring loveliness. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Poetic Edda\u003c\/i\u003e 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 and myth some of the most remarkable surviving specimens from a distant age of poet-singers and oral traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellows, Henry Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2004-07-19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Criticism \/ European \/ German\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Mythology, Norse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486437101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486437101\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52425696477465,"sku":"SP-9780486437101","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486437101_spiral.png?v=1779481670","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-poetic-edda-the-mythological-poems","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}