WHAT IS THE POETIC EDDA? Even if the poems of the so-called Edda were not so significant and intrinsically so valuable, the long series of scholarly struggles which have been going on over them for the better part of three centuries would in itself give them a peculiar interest. Their history is strangely mysterious. We do not know who. The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous poems, which is distinct from the Prose Edda written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic medieval manuscript known as the Codex Regius, which contains 31 poems. "The Poetic Eddas, the oral literature of Iceland which were finally written down from A.D, are like big summer movies, full of gore, sex, revenge and apocalyptic violence. This translation of the Poetic Eddas is highly readable. They are also a primary source for our knowledge of ancient Norse paganism/5(6).
The Poetic Edda is a later manuscript dating from the second half of the 13th century, but containing older materials (hence its alternative title, the Elder Edda). It is a collection of mythological and heroic poems of unknown authorship, composed over a long period (ad ). Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda contains 31 poems written by an unknown scribe. This precious work is now preserved in Iceland. Its exact age is unknown, but it was probably written down toward the end of the thirteenth century, in the years around The elder or poetic Edda commonly known as Saemund's Edda ;; Ed. and transl. with introd. and notes by Olive Bray. Ill. by W. G. Collingwood Author: Olive Bray,William Gershom Collingwood Publisher: Unknown.
The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous poems, which is distinct from the Prose Edda written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic medieval manuscript known as the Codex Regius, which contains 31 poems. The Poetic Edda is a collection of 39 poems composed by a variety of anonymous Icelandic authors. The Poetic Edda contains much of the material we have on the Gods and the myths, in addition to providing much of the material for Wagner’s Ring Cycle (aka the ongoing saga of Sigurd Völsung’s family). The Vikings Bók, commonly known as the Poetic Edda, is the spiritual foundation for the Heathen revival today. It is the indigenous, historical remains of a once widespread Teutonic spirituality that has been too long absent from the Western world. This newly revised edition is based on the rare and highly acclaimed Olive Bray translation.
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