Jackson Crawford Bücher

This modern English translation of the Poetic Edda brings to life the significant historical and mythological texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript. It offers crucial insights into the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavia, including their worldview on creation and destruction. Jackson Crawford's authoritative and engaging interpretations are complemented by headnotes and a general introduction, providing readers with essential context to appreciate Viking beliefs, motivations, and values.

Inherited through the line of the berserker Angantýr and his war-loving daughter Hervor, the ever-lethal, shining sword Tyrfing and its changes of hands frame the uncanny story of The Saga of Hervor and Heiđrek. A second heroic saga, Hrólf Kraki and His Champions, recounts the daring deeds of the members and entourage of the ancient Danish house of Skjoldung. Passed down orally in pre-Christian Norse times, transmitted in writing in medieval Iceland, and here wielded by the hand of Jackson Crawford, the tales told in this volume retain their sharp edges and flashes of glory that never fail to slay.