Description The Poetic Edda, also known as The Elder Edda or Saemund\'s Edda, is a magnificent and magical collection of thirty-four Icelandic poems, interwoven With prose, dating from the 9th century to the 12th.
Remarkably in Bray\'s edition, the origi.
Bray\'s lengthy introduction has also been revised for modern readers, and some footnote citations omitted; all else remains exactly as it was in Tolkien\'s time.
I sink now and cease."The language is archaic, so for 21st century readers a glossary is provided at the back of this book, as well as an index of names to help identify all the characters.
Fierce-stinger bears the dead on his pinionsaway o\'er the plains.
The poems features a dragon called Fierce-stinger: "Fares from beneath a dim dragon flying, a glistening snake from the Moonless Fells.
The names Thrainn and Thror are mentioned, as is the name Gandalf, which Bray translates as "Wand-elf." Tolkien\'s Gandalf, of course, carries a staff, or wand.
In the Poetic Edda the realm where man dwells is called "Midgarth," which translates as "Middle-earth." Elves are mentioned, and there are dwarves called Thorin, Nori, Dori, Ori, Gloin, Fili, Kili Bifur, Bafur, Bombur, and Oaken-shield.
Readers of Tolkien\'s work will easily spot his inspirations--the names of the dwarves in The Hobbit; riddle games
Mirkwood; the Paths of the Dead; an underworld creature being tricked into remaining above-ground until dawn, when sunlight turns him to stone; different races calling a single thing by various names, and more.
He was sixteen years old when the Viking Club of London published this beautifully illustrated translation by Olive Bray.
Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, readily acknowledged his debt to this source.
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The collection includes the archetypal stories about wise Odin, hammer-wielding Thor, mischievous Loki and the other gods and goddesses of Asgard.
The Original Old Norse verses are printed here, side by side With English translations.
Description The Poetic Edda, also known as The Elder Edda or Saemund\'s Edda, is a magnificent and magical collection of thirty-four Icelandic poems, interwoven With prose, dating from the 9th century to the 12th
