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Title: The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson

Author: Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson

Release Date: January 18, 2005 [EBook #14726]

Language: English

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THE ELDER EDDAS

OF SAEMUND SIGFUSSON.

_Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English_

BY

BENJAMIN THORPE,

AND THE

YOUNGER EDDAS

OF SNORRE STURLESON.

_Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English_

BY

I.A. BLACKWELL.

HON. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D.,

EDITOR IN CHIEF.

J. W. BUEL, Ph.D.,

MANAGING EDITOR.

PUBLISHED BY THE

NORROENA SOCIETY,

LONDON STOCKHOLM COPENHAGEN BERLIN NEW YORK

1906

[Illustration KING GUNTHER.]

(_After a painting by B. Guth_.)

Gunnar, Gunther, or Gunter, King of Burgundy, was probably a real
personage of the troubled times with which his name is associated--a
period distinguished as much for heroic characters as for tragic
events. Gunther represents the best type of kinghood of his age; a man
swayed by his affections rather than by ambition, who scrupled at
misdeeds, yet yielded to the mastering passions of love; one whose
instincts were loyalty to friends and country, and who shrank from
cruelties to gain his ends, but who fell a victim to woman's
fascinations. History accordingly praises him more for a lover than
for a sovereign.

LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURES.

(ELDER AND YOUNGER EDDAS.)

Frontispiece--Gunnar (Gunther) Page

Siegfried Awakens Brynhild 159

Death of Atli 247

A Feast in Valhalla 331

CONTENTS.

THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND.

Page

Preface by the Translator ix
Introduction to the Voluspa