The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology Poems
Author | : Maria Kvilhaug |
Publisher | : Three Little Sisters |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2021-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781989033760 |
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The Edda poems were written down in the Old Norse language by Icelandic scholars during the 11th to 13th centuries AD. They contain a poetical, metaphorical lore about Cosmos and the fate of mortals on the path to immortality. A lore that is, despite having been transmitted in writing by medieval monks and scholars, deeply steeped in ancient Pre-Christian beliefs.