A new exhibition of medieval Icelandic manuscripts showcases the earliest versions of many core texts of Norse mythology and Icelandic literature, including the Poetic Edda and the Saga of the Greenlanders, which details the Norse discovery of the New World.

https://wildhunt.org/2024/12/reykjavik-unveils-the-manuscripts-that-gave-us-norse-mythology.html

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📢Out Now in OA: 'The #Poetic #Edda: A Dual-Language Edition' by Edward Pettit

📚 This book is an edition and translation of one of the most important and celebrated sources of #OldNorse-Icelandic mythology and heroic legend, namely the medieval poems now known collectively as the #PoeticEdda or #ElderEdda.

Included are thirty-six texts, which are mostly preserved in #medieval #manuscripts, especially the thirteenth-century Icelandic codex traditionally known as the #CodexRegius of the Poetic Edda.

The accompanying translations, informed by the latest scholarship, are concisely annotated to make them as accessible as possible.

As the first open-access, single-volume parallel #OldNorse edition and English translation of the Poetic Edda, this book will prove a valuable resource for students and scholars of Old Norse literature.

🔗 Access this OA title for free or get your own hard copy at https://openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0308