Edda  

• 1943 
• Vries, Jan de [1890-1964] 
• Miscellaneous 
• Elsevier 

The Edda designates a collection of literary and mythological works from medieval Iceland, containing parts of the ancient mythological stories of Northern Europe as well as guidelines for their poetic transmission. There are two Eddas; 1. the so-called Poetic Edda (also called Lied-Edda or Old Edda), originally an oral tradition. 2.the Prose Edda (also called the Younger Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson) This is the Old Edda in translation.

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