Norse

Sacred texts from the Norse tradition, including the Poetic Edda and selections from the Prose Edda.

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  • Glossary — A shelf-specific glossary starter for the Norse shelf.
  • Introduction to Norse Religion — A source-critical introduction to Norse religion — the pre-Christian traditions of Scandinavia, preserved largely through Christian-era manuscripts, medieval poetry, saga memory, archaeology, reception, and modern revival.
  • Reader's Guide to Norse — A reader guide to the Norse shelf in the Good Works Library.
  • The Life and Death of Cormac the Skalda — Collingwood and Stefánsson — Kormáks Saga, the saga of the great love-poet of Iceland, whose devotion to Steingerd brought him glory and ruin, translated by Collingwood and Stefánsson.
  • The Story of Grettir the Strong — Magnússon and Morris — Grettis Saga, the saga of Iceland’s most famous outlaw, a man of immense strength cursed by darkness, translated by Magnússon and Morris.
  • Völsunga saga — The saga of the Völsung dynasty — Sigmund, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, the Niflungs, and their doom. The great Old Norse prose narrative that underlies the Eddic heroic lays. Good Works Translation from Old Norse.

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