The Prose Edda 3rd Edition

Informationen zum Autor Iceland's most versatile literary genius, Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) wrote about poetry, mythology, and the lives of Norse kings. His books include Heimskringla Saga, Egil's Saga, and Saint Oláf's Saga, . He was born in western Iceland, the son of a great chieftain. Early in his career, he won a reputation at home and in Norway for his poetic talents. Klappentext First published in 1954 by Bowes & Bowes Pubs., Ltd., Cambridge. Zusammenfassung Suitable for poets to compose in the style of the skalds of the Viking ages, this title includes the whole of Gylfaginning ("The deluding of Gylfi") - a guide to mythology that forms one of the great storybooks of the Middle Ages - and the longer heroic tales and legends of "Skaldskaparmal" (Poetic diction).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Snorri Sturluson, Snori Sturluson
• Mitarbeit: Jean I. Young (Übersetzung), Jean I Young (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2012
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik
• EAN: 9780520273054
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27305-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 134
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 14.1 x 20.5 x 1.1 cm
• Themen: Thor, Loki, Poetry, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, RELIGION / Ancient, Odin, Christianity, Poems, Freyja, Yggdrasil, Viking, Norse religion & mythology, Mythology, Frigg, Myths and Legends, Myth & legend told as fiction, Norse gods, viking age, Norse religion and mythology, Middle Ages, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Gylfaginning, Norse mythology, norse paganism, ETERNAL YOUTH, Scandinavian literature, Poetic diction, God of thunder, eddic poems, scandinavian mythological framework, heimdallr, baldr, iounn, translated text, viking poetry, the deluding of gylfi, skalds, christian context, norse poetry, norse goddesses, skaldskaparmal, pagan kennings, north germanic peoples