The Poetic Edda & The Prose Edda (Complete Edition): The Elder Saemundar Edda: Baldr's Dreams, Loki's Altercation + The Younger Snorri's Edda: Of Odin, Of Thor, Of Ragnarok, Gylfi's Journey To Asgard

by Sæmundr fróði, Snorri Sturluson, Benjamin Thorpe (Translator)

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"Edda" is an Old Norse term attributed by modern scholars to these two main Medieval Icelandic literary works of

The Elder Eddas of Saemund
Völuspâ. The Vala's Prophecy
The Lay Of Vafthrudnir
The Lay Of Grimnir
The Lay Of Vegtam, Or Baldr's Dreams
The High One's Lay
Odin's Rune-song
The Lay Of Hymir
The Lay Of Thrym, Or The Hammer Recovered
The Lay Of The Dwarf Alvis
The Lay Of Harbard
The Journey Or Lay Of Skirnir
The Lay Of Rig
Oegir's Compotation, Or Loki's Altercation
The Lay Of Fiolsvith
The Lay Of Hyndla
The Incantation Of Groa
The Song Of The Sun
Sinfiotli's End
The First Lay Of Sigurd Fafnicide, Or Gripir's Prophecy
The Second Lay Of Sigurd Fafnicide
The Lay Of Fafnir
The Lay Of Sigrdrifa
Fragments Of The Lay Of Sigurd And Brynhild
The Third Lay Of Sigurd Fafnicide
Fragments Of The Lay Of Brynhild
The First Lay Of Gudrun
Brynhild's Hel-ride
The Slaughter Of The Niflungs
The Second Lay Of Gudrun
The Third Lay Of Gudrun
Oddrun's Lament
The Lay Of Atli
The Groenland Lay Of Atli
Gudrun's Incitement
The Lay Of Hamdir
The Younger Eddas of Sturleson
The Deluding Of Gylfi
Gylfi's Journey To Asgard
Of The Supreme Deity
Of The Primordial State Of The Universe
Of Night And Day
Of The Sun And Moon
Of The Way That Leads To Heaven
The Golden Age
Origin Of The Dwarfs
Of The Ash Yggdrasill, Mimir's Well., And The Norns Or Destinies
Of The Various Celestial Regions
Of The Wind And The Seasons
Of Odin
Of Thor
Of Baldur
Of Njord
Of The God Frey, And The Goddess Freyja
Of Tyr
Of The Other Gods
Hodur The Blind, Assassin Of Baldur
Of Loki And His Progeny
Of Ragnarok, Or The Twilight Of The Gods, And The Conflagration Of The Universe

Genres: Classics, Mythology, Paganism

424 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2019

About the author

Sæmundur Sigfússon (or Sæmundur fróði) (Sæmundur the Learned) (1056–1133) was an Icelandic priest and scholar. Sæmundur is known to have studied abroad. Previously it has generally been held that he studied in France, but modern scholars rather believe his studies were carried out in Franconia. In Iceland he founded a long-lived school at Oddi. He was a member of the Oddaverjar clan and had the son Loftur Sæmundsson.

Sæmundur wrote a work, probably in Latin, on the history of Norwegian kings. The work is now lost but was used as a source by later authors, including Snorri Sturluson. The poem Nóregs konungatal summarizes Sæmundur's work. The authorship of the Poetic Edda, or, more plausibly, just the editor's role in the compilation, was traditionally attributed to Sæmundur but is not accepted today.

In Icelandic folklore, Sæmundur is a larger-than-life character who repeatedly tricks the Devil into doing his bidding. For example, in one famous story Sæmundur made a pact with the Devil that the Devil should bring him home to Iceland from Europe on the back of a seal. Sæmundur escaped a diabolical end when, on arrival, he hit the seal on the head with the Bible, killing it, and stepping safely ashore.

[Source: Wikipedia]

Reviews

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

The prose edda is pretty cool, I liked the stories, the poetic edda is more a how-to guide for future writers If I am remembering correctly.

[Royce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hard to give any people's mythology less than five stars. This sure is a good one, though! As I don't speak Icelandic, I can't comment on the quality of the translation. But I would heartily recommend Norse Mythology by the great Neil Gaiman as the best modern translation. Having read this, I can say his work is quite accurate (which I figured) and very complete (which I wasn't so sure about).

[Justin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard to understand