{"product_id":"the-poetic-edda-the-mythological-poems-paperback","title":"The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Adams Bellows\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003eKnown as the Lays of the Gods, these mythological poems include the \u003ci\u003eVoluspo\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the broadest conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction ever crystallized in literary form; the \u003ci\u003eHovamol\u003c\/i\u003e, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the \u003ci\u003eLokasenna\u003c\/i\u003e, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the \u003ci\u003eThrymskvitha\u003c\/i\u003e, a ballad of enduring loveliness.\u003cbr\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 251\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756147081504,"sku":"9780486437101","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d77c1f0002c7a4e281b0072e2d95729a.webp?v=1780075508","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-poetic-edda-the-mythological-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}