The Poetic Edda: The Heroic Poems

by Henry Adams Bellows

Book Overview

Passed down long ago from poet to poet and singer to singer in the great oral tradition of Scandinavia, this collection of heroic sagas explores a mythical world. Incorporating legends of Norse gods and heroes, great fires and floods, superhuman warriors and doomed lovers, these dramatic poems weave vivid portraits of powerful characters caught up in passion, ambition, and destiny. Filled with gripping conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486460215
• ISBN13: 9780486460215
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"