The Poetic Edda Av Jackson Crawford

The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical,...

These verses are a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage.

The vibrant Old Norse poems in this 13th-century collection recapture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. These mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest literary conceptions of the world''s creation and ultimate destruction;...