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    <body><![CDATA[Got this from the library, so can't say what edition I read exactly. Great book though. The funny thing was the backstory of Snorri's successful effort to stop Christian priests from destroying the Norse tales. The Christians, in efforts to stamp out paganism, had rid all Europe of the native myths ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52272497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another splendid look at Icelandic and Old Norse Literature by UCLA professor Jesse L. Byock, who has become probably the most respected scholar in the area worldwide -- outside of perhaps Iceland. <br/><br/>Here are told all the tales of the Aesir, the Gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya -- and the even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55375900">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Snorri Sturluson ranks as the least known literary genius in Western Civilization.  His work was the apex of Icelandic literature dealing with the Viking age.  While Iceland had been Christian for over two centuries when Sturluson wrote this text, it is (along with the <em> Poetic Edda </em>) one of the best...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8356850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Naturally my review has turned out to be too long, so I'll post what I can and then post the rest as comments.  And if anyone in a position of power at goodreads sees this, please give us more room to write!<br/><br/>An excellent translation of Snorri's Edda, or the Prose Edda.  I hear Jesse Byock...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6497757">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have an interest in mythology, Scandinavian culture, pre-Christian Indo-European worldview then this is a must read book. If your an Odinist this is a must read book, HOWEVER, the Eddas are not an Odinist bible. Snorri was a Christian who wrote this stuff 200 years after Iceland converted to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41213956">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The most complete source of Norse mythology yet discovered.  The stories found here are so unlike other mythologies in so many ways, I can't help but be drawn to them.  My favorite account is how Loki (a male) turns himself into a mare to distract a magical horse only to become pregnant and give bir...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43326538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The old <em>Prose Edda</em> is one of the most interesting and compelling works of Norse literature by the mysterious Snorri Sturluson. Also, one can see the seeds of Tolkien's literature in them. I do not have my copy on hand, but I can distinctly remember a list of names in the <em>Edda</em> containing <em>Gandalfr, No...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65561056">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I still want to read its companion, the Poetic Edda; before I really judge this one. It's very interesting though and I do very much recommend it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't really rate this -- it was written in the 13th Century, so a rating would be meaningless. It's one of the main existing sources that still exists for the Norse myths. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) (Penguin Classics) by Snorri  Sturluson (2006)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been told that most editions of The Edda of Snorri Sturluson (say it out loud, you'll love it) do not contain the 'Skaldskaparmal'. I thought this was the best part, and recommend that you find a copy with it included. It's basically a glossary of poetic terms and forms, breaking down the forma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1212957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More Norse Mythology that explains the beginning and end of the Gods]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great folk stories]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Much easier to read than i originally assumed, the Prose Edda is not as alien than someone might think. This translation, at least, caters perfectly to someone with enthusiasm and casual interest such as myself. The story itself is a completely epic one, fully enjoyable today. I'm currently halfway ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25119077">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I learned from this book, by Rock.<br/><br/>What I learned from this book is that Vikings were effing nuts. In a pretty sweet way. This book made my hostility-acorn swell with corpse-dew on many tree-pulp-message-leaves.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Put on ( ) by Sígur Rós and check this bad boy out.  It will blow your mind how wild it is.  So many things in the Western world are ripped off from this collection of writings, and the Poetic stuff collected in the second part of the book is just beautiful.]]></body>
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