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    Has anyone here read it? I purchased it the other day on my kindle but I haven't gotten around to reading it as I am a really busy college student swamped with "suggested" reading for my current classes. Just want to know if I should force it into my reading schedule.

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    Re: The Asatru edda

    What is the Asatru Edda? I only know of the Poetic and Prose Eddas.
    ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

    RIP

    I have never been across the way
    Seen the desert and the birds
    You cut your hair short
    Like a shush to an insult
    The world had been yelling
    Since the day you were born
    Revolting with anger
    While it smiled like it was cute
    That everything was shit.

    - J. Wylder

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      Re: The Asatru edda

      I haven't heard of it either! Now ich bin curious.
      hey look, I have a book! And look I have a second one too!

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      • #4
        Re: The Asatru edda

        Well the description for it on amazon was:

        "From the ashes arises the sacred lore of the North, the ancient stories and proverbial wisdom of the Ásatrú religion. Mighty Gods and fierce Giants battle in the never-ending struggle between order and chaos, while men seek honor and glory in the eyes of their beloved deities. After many years of research and piecing together sources, now comes the first known holy text ever presented for the Ásatrú faith. Giving these ancestral accounts in their true, epic form, The Ásatrú Edda is designed as a religious work by and for the men and women of this path. In reconstructing this sacred epic, the idea is to create a living storytelling tradition that will honor the legacy of the ancient Teutonic peoples, while providing an in-depth source of Ásatrú wisdom for our modern world."

        I picked it up because it was on kindle for $3 instead of the $35 for an actual book and seeing as I don't have a lot of cash (broke college guy) I figured grab it before the price goes up.

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        • #5
          Re: The Asatru edda

          Who's it written/edited by?
          ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

          RIP

          I have never been across the way
          Seen the desert and the birds
          You cut your hair short
          Like a shush to an insult
          The world had been yelling
          Since the day you were born
          Revolting with anger
          While it smiled like it was cute
          That everything was shit.

          - J. Wylder

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          • #6
            Re: The Asatru edda

            It sounds like it's just the Eddas branded under a different name. They probably took the stories out of verse and put them into prose. Personally I prefer The Poetic Edda Lee M Hollander translation. Although I wish it had copies of the originals in it as well as translations.

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              Re: The Asatru edda

              The Norroena Society.... not sure who they are

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              • #8
                Re: The Asatru edda

                Originally posted by lostsoulwanders View Post
                The Norroena Society.... not sure who they are
                hey look, I have a book! And look I have a second one too!

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                • #9
                  Re: The Asatru edda

                  I don't know all that much about the Eddas, but I'd assume that one should start with the original (or ya know) translations? I've been posting the Bellows translation in the Voluspa thread for discussion, so you could have a look at that if you like only 45 verses so far, but pretty good for study material. One day we might even get all the way through it! HaHa

                  and Claude, MoonRaven is using an original of some form in that thread too, you could ask her about it, and I think she posted some info somewhere about it.
                  ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

                  RIP

                  I have never been across the way
                  Seen the desert and the birds
                  You cut your hair short
                  Like a shush to an insult
                  The world had been yelling
                  Since the day you were born
                  Revolting with anger
                  While it smiled like it was cute
                  That everything was shit.

                  - J. Wylder

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                    Re: The Asatru edda

                    "The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson. Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English by Benjamin Thorpe and The Younger Edda of Snorre Sturleson Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English by I.A. Blackwell. (Benjamin Thorpe’s 1865-1866 translation, originally titled The Edda of Sæmund the Learned, has been amended to exclude the poem Hrafnagaldur Óðins or Forspallsljóð)."

                    that I think is the contents of your book
                    hey look, I have a book! And look I have a second one too!

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                    • #11
                      Re: The Asatru edda

                      Originally posted by Malflick View Post
                      "The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson. Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English by Benjamin Thorpe and The Younger Edda of Snorre Sturleson Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English by I.A. Blackwell. (Benjamin Thorpe’s 1865-1866 translation, originally titled The Edda of Sæmund the Learned, has been amended to exclude the poem Forspallsljóð)."

                      that I think is the contents of your book
                      I think you may be right. I'm not too sure as I have yet to really read past the preface of the book.

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                      • #12
                        Re: The Asatru edda

                        Originally posted by Heka View Post
                        I don't know all that much about the Eddas, but I'd assume that one should start with the original (or ya know) translations? I've been posting the Bellows translation in the Voluspa thread for discussion, so you could have a look at that if you like only 45 verses so far, but pretty good for study material. One day we might even get all the way through it! HaHa

                        and Claude, MoonRaven is using an original of some form in that thread too, you could ask her about it, and I think she posted some info somewhere about it.
                        I have a copy of the poetic edda I found at a used book store way back when I just need to find it. I'll also have to look into this thread you speak of. ^__^

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                        • #13
                          Re: The Asatru edda

                          There is also an old Havamal thread, but it's so long, and some of the formatting is poor cos its from before the crash. When we finish the Voluspa, I expect we will start the Havamal, and do it again.

                          enjoy
                          ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

                          RIP

                          I have never been across the way
                          Seen the desert and the birds
                          You cut your hair short
                          Like a shush to an insult
                          The world had been yelling
                          Since the day you were born
                          Revolting with anger
                          While it smiled like it was cute
                          That everything was shit.

                          - J. Wylder

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