Edda

The Edda is a collection of Norse myths, written in the 13th century by a dude named Snorri. It's where we got most of our knowledge of Norse mythology today, and it's wicked awesome. I learned, for instance, that your legs may hump each other and produce a child while you're asleep, which is someth Leggi tutto

Metal band name ideas I got from this book: Corpse Gulper, Tooth Gnasher, Sorrow Bringer. Cat name ideas: see above.

Snorri Sturluson rédigea cette Edda (ces vieilles légendes norroises) au début du XIIIe siècle, alors que son pays, l’Islande, était depuis longtemps convertie au christianisme. Snorri aborde donc de biais ce panorama du polythéisme scandinave. En effet, son livre est avant tout un traité de poétiqu Leggi tutto

It’s sort of strange to give a review of a book like this – as if I can sit here and complain that Thor’s character feels underdeveloped, or that I didn’t understand Odin’s motivation for acting as he did. It is, after all, from the 13th century, written by someone we might characterize as an Icelan Leggi tutto

AcknowledgementsIntroduction & NotesFurther ReadingNote on the TranslationMap: The Geographical World of the 'Edda' The Prose Edda --Prologue --Gylfaginning (The Deluding of Gylfi) Skaldskaparmal (Poetic Diction) --Mythic and Legendary Tales --Poetic References from Skaldskaparmal (Translated by Russe Leggi tutto

Odin gave Suttung’s mead to the Æsir and to those men who know how to make poetry. For this reason we call poetry Odin’s catch, find, drink or gift, as well as the drink of the Æsir. More personal edification than anything. I knew next to nothing about Norse mythos and I sought a remedy. Such a cosmo Leggi tutto

Viking mitolojisine meraklıysanız mutlaka okumanız gereken kitap budur.

So after diving headlong into ancient Norse mythology and history, by way of the Heimskringla , The Poetic Edda , and Sagas of Icelanders in turn, I've become ever more interested in the subject (and medieval literature generally). There simply isn't enough extant, well-preserved material to satisfy t Leggi tutto

This one marks the end of an almost yearlong project about reading Medieval Icelandic or Old Norse literature. It blended with hopes of going to Wardruna and playing Assassin`s Creed Valhalla and with reading Tolkien which borrowed a lot, but mostly it`s indebted to Borges and his passion for kennin Leggi tutto

According to the Prose Edda the Norse god's were descendents of Priam of Troy whose son Paris ran away with Helen who was married to Menelaus the King of Sparta. This act sparked a 10 year war between Troy and Sparta. These places are so far away from the Viking homelands of Denmark, Sweden, Norway