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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
This collection of Norse mythology was the inspiration behind many books, such as JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, and Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid Chronicles. LOTR, especially, used LOTS of ideas from these tales: all of the dwarves' names--even Gandalf--the concept of the ring itself, the term 'Middle Earth' (Midgard), etc. Fascinating to learn about this mythology; however, much of it was a list of names of Aesir (gods and goddesses) and dwarves, without descriptions and context to remember them by. Loki is a real troublemaker and downright evil in these tales. The end of the world--aka Ragnarok--will be brought on by Loki and his children.
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inspiring
fast-paced
Homeric ass stress on genealogy everytime someone dies
I should've read it forever ago I didn't and I feel bad but i'm glad I read it now
“Then, snickering, High answered: Your question shows little knowledge”.
So many giants.
So many giants.
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El origen de muchos de los mitos nórdicos que ya antes me había encontrado en los relatos de Neil Gaiman y otras obras. Siempre es interesante encontrar textos viejos que han generado las historias que, narradas de una forma más moderna, ya hemos conocido.
I study Scandinavian studies, Old Norse and Old Icelandic in particular, and this was required reading and I actually (unlike the Poetic Edda) hadn't read this before.
For anybody who's new to Scandinavian myth, I'd strongly advise you to start with the Poetic Edda, not this one. The Poetic Edda is just more entertaining, while the Prose Edda is more educational and in big parts only interesting to someone who's really into the topic.
Or rather, read the first part 'Gylfaginning', it talks about the Old Norse creation myth.
The following parts treat instructions and explanations on the symbols and metaphors used in Scaldic poetry and aren't really very interesting for the most part.
For anybody who's new to Scandinavian myth, I'd strongly advise you to start with the Poetic Edda, not this one. The Poetic Edda is just more entertaining, while the Prose Edda is more educational and in big parts only interesting to someone who's really into the topic.
Or rather, read the first part 'Gylfaginning', it talks about the Old Norse creation myth.
The following parts treat instructions and explanations on the symbols and metaphors used in Scaldic poetry and aren't really very interesting for the most part.
informative
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