The Spirit of the Vikings
Norse Myths, Icelandic Sagas, and Heroic Legends of Gods, Sea-Kings, Fate, and FameBy Saemund Sigfusson, Snorri Sturluson, Sturla Þórðarson, Conrad Hjalmar Nordby, Hélène Adeline Guerber, Nora Kershaw, Anonymous
Length128h 38m
About this audiobook
The Spirit of the Vikings gathers saga narrative, mythic tradition, historical chronicle, and later interpretive prose into a capacious portrait of Norse life and imagination. Its materials range from the stark, economical drama of medieval Icelandic writing to explanatory retellings shaped for modern readers, illuminating warfare, kinship, law, exploration, kingship, and the unstable traffic between human fate and divine power. Standout episodes of heroic endurance and political calculation reveal that "Viking" culture cannot be reduced to raiding or romance. The collection draws upon foundational Icelandic voices associated with the preservation of Scandinavian history, poetry, and myth, alongside translators, scholars, and popularizers who mediated that inheritance for English-speaking audiences. Anonymous traditions stand beside texts linked to major medieval compilers and chroniclers, while modern editorial and scholarly perspectives help situate the sources within the revival of interest in Old Norse literature. Together, these voices disclose both the historical culture of the North and the changing ways it has been remembered. Recommended for students of medieval literature, mythology, and cultural history, this volume offers an unusually rich entry into the Viking world. Readers will find instruction as well as pleasure in its varied forms, and will encounter a productive dialogue between saga, chronicle, legend, and interpretation.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (15)
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GenreFairy Tales and Folklore, Literary Classics
Length128 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 1, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Mogens, and Other Stories (Annotated)
2The Spirit of the Vikings
3Introduction
4Eddas
5The Elder Eddas of Saemund
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6Preface
7Introduction to the Voluspa
8Völuspâ. The Vala's Prophecy
9The Lay of Vafthrudnir
10The Lay of Grimnir
11The Lay of Vegtam, or Baldr's Dreams
12The High One's14 Lay
13Odin's Rune-song24
14The Lay of Hymir
15The Lay of Thrym, or the Hammer Recovered
16The Lay of the Dwarf Alvis.
17The Lay of Harbard.
18The Journey or Lay of Skirnir.
19The Lay of Rig.
20Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation
21The Lay of Fiolsvith
22The Lay of Hyndla
23The Incantation of Groa
24The Song of the Sun
25The Lay of Volund
26The Lay of Helgi Hiorvard's Son.
27The First Lay of Helgi Hundingcide
28The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingcide.
29Sinfiotli's End
30The First Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide, or Gripir's Prophecy
31The Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide
32The Lay of Fafnir
33The Lay of Sigrdrifa
34Fragments of the Lay of Sigurd and Brynhild.73
35The Third Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide
36Fragments of the Lay of Brynhild
37The First Lay of Gudrun
38Brynhild's Hel-ride
39The Slaughter of the Niflungs
40The Second Lay of Gudrun
41The Third Lay of Gudrun
42Oddrun's Lament
43The Lay of Atli.
44The Groenland Lay of Atli
45Gudrun's Incitement
46The Lay of Hamdir
47The Younger Eddas of Sturleson
48The Deluding of Gylfi
49Gylfi's Journey to Asgard
50Of the Supreme Deity
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