This volume presents four of the most intricate and fascinating mythological poems of the Poetic Edda - 'Hávamál', 'Hymiskviða', 'Grímnismál', and 'Gróttasöngr' - with parallel translations, introductions, and illuminating commentaries. INDICE: Preface; Introduction; Hávamál; I: Text and Translation; II: Introduction; (i): Itineraries; (ii): Óðin with men and women; III: Commentary; Hymiskviða; I: Text and Translation; II: Commentary; III: The winning of the giant's cauldron; IV: The Christian origins of the story of Þórr's killing of the World Serpent; (A): Learned sources; (B): Sixteen fragments of the Skaldic Verse; V: The missing rowing scene after Hymiskviða 19; VI: Two intrusive stanzasin the text of Hymiskviða; VII: Hymiskviða and folktale: The breaking of the giant's glass goblet; Grímnismál; I: Text and translation; II: Grímnismál: a Foreword; III: Commentary; Gróttasöngr; I: Text and translation; II: Commentary; III: The Story of Grotti; (i): The earliest verse records of Fróði's mill Grotti; (ii): Later records; The Manuscripts; Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-19-811182-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 172
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés