My friend went to Iceland and she brought this back for me:
The Edda is one of the pillars of Icelandic literature and contains “the most extensive account of Norse myths and legends that has survived from the Middle Ages” (from the back cover).
I’ve never read anything like this (aside from simplified versions of Chrétien de Troyes as a kid maybe), but I love mythology and I’ve always wanted to read about Norse myths. Hope I like it!
Mon amie m'a ramené un souvenir d'Islande:
Edda est un des piliers de la littérature islandaise et contient “le récit le plus complet des mythes et légendes nordiques qui nous soit parvenu du Moyen Âge” (d'après la quatrième de couverture).
Je n'ai jamais rien lu de semblable (à part peut-être des versions simplifiées de Chrétien de Troyes quand j'étais petite), mais j'adore la mythologie et j'ai toujours voulu en savoir plus sur les mythes nordiques. J'espère que je vais aimer !
You have the same edition I do, fun! I am writing my thesis about Loki through the media and times, so I really got into this lately. That’s why I wanted to say (hopefully without sounding like a know-it-all) that while the Edda is great, it is the interpretation of the original stories from a christian man. It’s literally in the first sentence, where he basically says that people believed in this stuff because they forgot who God was for a second lol.
Enjoy the mythology, I loved it!
Also this post felt like a sign from the universe that I should really get back to working on my thesis instead of scrolling through Tumblr…
That's a really interesting subject, hope you have fun working on it! And yeah, I did see that somewhere when I looked up the Edda, but thanks for telling me :)
We should all be doing something else, and yet here we are, scrolling through Tumblr...