Die nach 1220 von Snorri Sturluson verfaßte 'Jüngere Edda' oder 'Prosa-Edda' ist ein Lehrbuch für die altisländischen Dichter, die sogenannten Skalden. Sie werden anhand vieler Beispiele mit den Inhalten, den sprachlichen Techniken und metrischen Formen ihrer kunstvollen Poesie vertraut gemacht.§Die vorliegende, mit umfangreichem Kommentar versehene Auswahl konzentriert sich vor allem auf die Kapitel, die den Inhalten gewidmet sind. Sie sind als Gesamtdarstellung der nordgermanischen Mythologie bis heute von unschätzbarem Wert.
Die nach 1220 von Snorri Sturluson verfaßte 'Jüngere Edda' oder 'Prosa-Edda' ist ein Lehrbuch für die altisländischen Dichter, die sogenannten Ska...
Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales are peopled by giants, dwarves, and elves, superhuman heroes and indomitable warrior queens. Its gods live with the tragic knowledge of their own impending destruction in the cataclysmic battle of Ragnarok. Its time scale spans the eons from the world's creation to its violent end.--(Text refers to a previous edition.)
Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales are...
The Prose Edda, ranking with the world's great mythologies, contains the most extensive account of the Norse universe, from its creation to its destruction. This unabridged edition includes introduction, notes and an extensive list of alternative names.
The Prose Edda, ranking with the world's great mythologies, contains the most extensive account of the Norse universe, from its creation to its destru...
The Prose Edda, ranking with the worlds great mythologies, contains the most extensive account of the Norse universe, from its creation to its destruction. This unabridged edition includes introduction, notes and an extensive list of alternative names
The Prose Edda, ranking with the worlds great mythologies, contains the most extensive account of the Norse universe, from its creation to its destruc...
Snorri Sturluson Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur Rasmus B. Anderson
The Prose Edda
Also Called
Snorre's Edda, Or The Younger Edda
by Snorri Sturluson
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Icelandic: Snorra Edda) or simply Edda, is an Old Norse work of literature written in Iceland in the early 13th century. Together with the Poetic Edda, it comprises the major store of Scandinavian mythology. The work is often assumed to have been written, or at least compiled, by the Icelandic scholar and historian Snorri Sturluson around the year 1220.
It begins with a euhemerized Prologue, a section on the Norse cosmogony, pantheon and...
The Prose Edda
Also Called
Snorre's Edda, Or The Younger Edda
by Snorri Sturluson
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's ...
