The Poetic Edda
Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hackett Classics)
by Jackson Crawford
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appears in Norse Mythology, Norse Mythology, and Poetry.
"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 thirteenthcentury Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information...
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appears in Norse Mythology, Norse Mythology, and Poetry.
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