Jan 4, 2010

Elder Edda | What Do I Read Next?

Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology, trans. by Jean I. Young (1971), provides a lively translation of the most accessible parts of an encyclopedic thirteenth-century prose collection of the myths and legends at the heart of the Norse poetic vocabulary.

Magnus Magnusson, Viking Expansion Westwards (1973) is a lavishly illustrated history of the expansion of the Vikings from England to North America. Magnusson focuses on individuals like Aude the Deep-Minded and the realities of daily life, bringing the reader face to face with the people who...