De Edda

The Poetic Edda is the wellspring of Norse mythology, a collection of ancient songs that gave the Germanic and Scandinavian peoples their gods, their heroes, and their understanding of fate itself. This Dutch translation preserves the raw power of these foundational tales, where Odin hangs from the world tree to gain wisdom, Thor storms across the heavens with his mighty hammer, and Freyr sends his servant Skirnir into the realm of giants to win the love of the beautiful Gerda. Here too are the tragic exploits of the Nibelungs, their doom woven from the same inexorable threads that bind gods and mortals alike. These are not gentle stories. They are tales of longing and sacrifice, of divine jealousy and human heroism, of battles whose echoes resound across centuries. What makes the Edda endure is its unflinching vision of a universe where even the gods cannot escape their fate. The cosmic tree Yggdrasil trembles, Ragnarok looms, yet the world will be reborn from the wreckage. This is not mythology as quaint artifact but as primal narrative, the stories that shaped a civilization's soul and continue to pulse beneath the surface of modern fantasy. For anyone who has felt the pull of Odin\'s ravens or the thunder of Thor\'s hammer, these are the original tales.