{"product_id":"the-poetic-edda","title":"The Poetic Edda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"She sees, coming up a second time,\u003cbr\u003eearth from the ocean, eternally green;\u003cbr\u003ethe waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them,\u003cbr\u003eover the mountain hunting fish.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The\u003cem\u003e Poetic Edda \u003c\/em\u003ebegins with \u003cem\u003eThe Seeress's Prophecy\u003c\/em\u003e which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its destruction and rebirth. In this great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry, the exploits of gods and humans are related. The one-eyed Odin, red-bearded Thor, Loki the trickster, the lovely goddesses, and the giants who are their enemies walk beside the heroic Helgi, Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer, Brynhild the shield-maiden, and the implacable Gudrun. This translation also features the quest-poem \u003cem\u003eThe Lay of Svipdag\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Waking\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eof Angantyr\u003c\/em\u003e, in which a girl faces down her dead father to retrieve his sword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComic, tragic, instructive, grandiose, witty, and profound, the poems of the \u003cem\u003eEdda\u003c\/em\u003e have influenced artists from Wagner to Tolkien and speak to us as freely as when they were first written down seven hundred and fifty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carolyne Larrington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46043392999493,"sku":"BS-LIB-834571","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780198834571-HD.jpg?v=1792274769","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/en\/products\/the-poetic-edda","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}