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12-11-2007, 08:14 AM
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Norse Mythology
Lately I've been really looking into some ancient Norse Myths, the original stories are quite fascinating actually. Ragnarok is particularly interesting at the moment, I would love to find more on it and the gods.
I would consider mythology pretty classic, so I assumed that it would be rather appropriate to ask here if anybody knew of a book which contained the Norse myths in the most closest translation possible. I do not want an interpretation or "retold" version.
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12-11-2007, 04:08 PM
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Look up Snorri Sturluson who wrote the Prose Edda around 1220. From there you can find quite a bit on norse myth. |
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12-11-2007, 09:57 PM
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I don't know of any definitive collection... I've just been tracking down all the different Sagas. There's a ton of them.
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12-12-2007, 08:18 AM
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I know of the Prose Edda, the basic bits of the gods, and would love to find a collection of the stories or something. Its kind of hard to look for abook at the library when you do not know what you're looking for. I mean, I have searched for a few things but I do not know if anything I have put on hold will be authentic.
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01-01-2008, 01:30 PM
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I'm into Greek Mythology at the moment, but any mythology is wonderful. I have the encyclopedia of mythology which has a beautiful section on norse mythology that you've just inspired me to read tonight.  |
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01-29-2008, 05:55 PM
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I wouldn't know of anything besides the Prose Edda that isn't a retelling.
On another note, I actually argued my way into being able to read Norse Mythology for a NON FICTION book report.
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01-29-2008, 05:55 PM
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Oops, double post
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02-13-2008, 08:24 AM
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I recently got a book for christmas thats like 900 pages long about all sorts of myths. It had Greek, African, European, native American, and Norse mythology. Gotta read my other books before i start that one tho.
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