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  The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Snorri Sturluson, By (author) Jesse L. Byock

  

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  Short Description for The Prose EddaOne of the great storybooks of the middle ages: a master storyteller from the thirteenth century recounts classic tales of Icelandic mythology along with a lesson to young poets on the importance of learning, respecting, and continuing traditional Icelandic poetic styles.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 31 January 2006
  • Format: Paperback 224 pages
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  • Categories: Classics | Myth & Legend Told As Fiction | Folklore, Myths & Legends
  • ISBN 13: 9780140447552 ISBN 10: 0140447555
  • Sales rank: 17,346

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• The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. It also preserves the oral memory of heroes, warrior kings and queens. In clear prose interspersed with powerful verse, the Edda provides unparalleled insight into the gods' tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle, Ragnarok, when the world will be destroyed. These tales from the pagan era have proved to be among the most influential of all myths and legends, inspiring modern works as diverse as Wagner's Ring Cycle and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.