Iceland epics
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Iceland EpicWhat are Epic About?
Answer 1: An epic is a long narrative poem that usually contains a hero and speaks of his amazing deeds and events occurring in his time. Some known examples are Beowulf and Paradise lost.
Answer 2: In literature an epic is a (usually lengthy) narrative in verse. In addition to the narrative there is also description and there is an important element of vastness and heroism. The earliest epics were oral and were only written down later.
Famous examples of epics include The Odyssey, The Iliad and The Aeneid, also The Epic of Gilgamesh, and much later Beowulf.
It is often said that since about 1700 the epic has been 'replaced' by the novel as the main form of narrative.
The term epic is also used figuratively of some blockbuster films concerned with conflict and heroism on a grandiose scale.
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The Eddas
The Eddas are the primary texts for the study of Northern mythology. The Poetic Edda
Henry Adams Bellows, tr. [1936].
The Poetic Edda, also known as the Elder Edda. A complete version of this key text, scanned at sacred-texts. Highly readable with extensive, useful notes.
The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlson; Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, tr. [1916].
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda.
Old Norse Poems by Lee M. Hollander [1936]
The Sagas
The Sagas are historical legends, but often have supernatural or mythological elements. Besides being sophisticated and very enjoyable narrative literature, they also contain illuminating details of life in old Iceland. The Story of the Volsungs with extracts from the Poetic Edda. by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson [1888].
The Story of Grettir the Strong translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris [1869].
The Story of Egil Skallagrimsson (Egil's Saga)
Translated from the Icelandic by W.C. Green