The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes, is an inspired compilation by author by Jackson Crawford. There are many translations of the Poetic Edda poems available to the average reader. Very few of these attempts manage to create an accessible, and readable English interpretation. You will enjoy the clear, elegant, and somewhat easy, writing. If you have any real interest in hearing, and feeling, the words of our Viking ancestors, this book is a must!
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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is (Odin be praised!) and it was well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance. They contain the lion’s share of information about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians. Jackson Crawford’s modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. With individual head-notes and a thorough introduction, they supply readers with what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings.
