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Passed down long ago from poet to poet and singer to singer in the great oral tradition of Scandinavia, this collection of heroic sagas explores a mythical world. Incorporating legends of Norse gods and heroes, great fires and floods, superhuman warriors and doomed lovers, these... Read Full Overview

Since Henry Adams Bellows translated The Poetic Edda it has become required reading for all those interested in understanding Norse culture. The second volume contains The First Lay of Guthrun, Gripir's Prophecy, The Ballad of Hamther and many more beloved poems.