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1	The Prose Edda - Tales from Norse Mythology more books like this by Snorri Sturluson add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89! \| SVS
2	The Prose Edda more books like this by Snorri Sturluson add to wishlist "Prose Edda" was designed as a handbook for poets to compose in the style of the skalds of the Viking ages. It is an exposition of the rule of poetic diction with many examples, applications and retellings of myths and legends. see all copies from $4.10! new only from $9.77! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Edda Edda more books like this by Snorri Sturluson, Anthony Faulkes (Translator) add to wishlist Primarily intended as a text book on the traditional poetry of the vikings this version also contains the most complete survey extant of the mythology of pagan Scandinavia. see all copies from $2.39! new only from $7.43! \| SVS
4	Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative more books like this by Heather O'Donoghue add to wishlist Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative is a study of the varying relationships between verse and prose in a series of Old Norse-Icelandic saga narratives. It shows how the interplay of skaldic verse, with its metrical intricacy and cryptic diction, and saga prose, with its habitual spare clarity, can be used to achieve a wide variety of ... see all copies from $22.95! new only from $27.97! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson; tales from Norse mythology. more books like this by Snorri Sturluson, Jean Isobel Young add to wishlist see all copies from $4.43! first editions
6	La Edda de Snorri Sturluson more books like this by Sturluson Snorri Sturluson, Baldur Ragnarsson (Translator) add to wishlist The Edda by Snorri Sturluson is the main source for the old mythology of Scandinavia. Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) was a member of an influential Icelandic family and author of a history of Norwegian kings, of the Edda, and of many other books. We present the Edda in the excellent Esperanto translation by Baldur Ragnarsson. --- La Edda de Snorri ... see all copies from $10.23! new only from $10.23! \| SVS
7	The Structure of Old Norse Drottkvtt Poetry more books like this by Kari Ellen Gade add to wishlist The dróttkvætt was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century dróttkvætt poetry and suggests a solution to the mystery of the origins of the dróttkvætt and its eventual demise in the fourteenth century. see all copies from $50.00! new only from $74.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning more books like this by Snorri Sturluson, Anthony Faulkes (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $33.32! new only from $33.32!
9	Edda: Skaldskaparmal more books like this by Snorri add to wishlist see all copies from $51.42! new only from $51.42!
10	Old Norse Court Poetry: The Drottkvaett Stanza more books like this by Roberta Frank add to wishlist see all copies from $152.02!
11	The Conan grimoire. more books like this by L. Sprague De Camp (Compiled by), George H. Scithers add to wishlist see all copies from $30.40! first editions \| SVS
12	Det norrøne fyrstediktet more books like this by Bjarne Fidjestøl add to wishlist see all copies from $94.55!
13	The prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson more books like this by Snorri Sturluson, Jean Isobel Young add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.99!
14	Die jüngere Edda. Mit dem sogenannten Ersten grammatischen Traktat. more books like this by Snorri Sturluson, Gustav Neckel, Felix Niedner add to wishlist see all copies from $85.68!
15	Skaldendichtung : e. Einführung more books like this by Klaus von See add to wishlist see all copies from $46.11!
16	Corpus poeticum boreale: the poetry of the Old Northern tongue, from the earliest times to the thirteenth century. more books like this by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, F. York Powell add to wishlist see all copies from $47.59! new only from $47.59!

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	The Poetic Edda by Carolyne Larrington (Translator) see all from $3.82! new only from $4.70!
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