The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology

140 Pages·1966·3.46 MB·English

by  Snorri Sturluson

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T H E E R O S E E D D A
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T H E P R O S E E D D A
OF S N O R R I S T U R L U S O N
T A L E S F R O M
N O R S E M Y T H O L O G Y
IN TRO D UCED BY
SIGURDUR NORDAL, D.LITT. OXON.
Research Professor of Icelandic Literature
in the University of Reykjavik
SELECTED AND TRANSLATED BY
J E A N I. Y O U N G
M .A ., P H .D . CANTAB.
Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Reading
U N IV E R SIT Y OF C A L IFO R N IA PRESS
966
B E R K E L E Y AND LOS ANGELES I
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
Cambridge University Press
London, England
First published in 1954 by
Botves &■ Bowes Publishers Limited
Cambridge, England
Fourth printing, 1966
(First Paper-bound Edition, Third Printing)
Manufactured in the United States of America
C O N T E N T S
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INTRODUCTION p. 7
t r a n s l a t o r ’s FOREWORD p. 17
THE DELUDING OF GYLFI p. 21
SELECTIONS FROM ‘POETIC DICTION* p. 95