Poetic Edda [Larrington Translation] gulveig Tolkien and Alan Garner

Tolkien and Alan Garner

Det store fokuset er på sagaen om Sigurðr Fafnisbani og enken hans

Thorbjörn is the last Thunder Warrior and Thunder priest of an ancient lineage reaching back to the Age of the Great Stone temples in Götaland has found refuge in the peaceful Baltic River Lands

hvor han forklarer skaldisk poesi og heroisk Edda-poesi som omhandler mennesker i samspill med guder og valkyriur

ISBN: 9781959350071

Poetic Edda [Larrington Translation] gulveig Tolkien and Alan GarnerOriginal translation of the famous collection of Norse Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda. Introduction provides an informative overview of the poems and an outline of Norse myth and heroic legend, as well as the poems' later reception and influence on writers such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Alan Garner, and on popular culture, including film and television Appendix includes an alternative version of 'The Seeress's