This volume presents four of the most intricate and fascinating mythological poems of the Poetic Edda, distinct in theme and style. They are played out between the twilight of Porr's old religion and
Investigates possible European and Asian influences on early Norse verse and prose, mythological allusion in Eddic and scaldic poetry, the Anglo-Saxon knowledge of Norse myths as expressed in Beowulf
This new edition of mythological poems from the Poetic Edda takes the reader deep into the imagination of the Viking poets (c.1000 AD). Setting text and translation side by side, Dronke provides full
