Reddit reviews The Poetic Edda
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Reddit reviews The Poetic EddaWe found 10 Reddit comments about The Poetic Edda. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Lee Hollander's The Poetic Edda is solid. Not only do you get the Havamal, but all the other good stuff too.
(I prefer Druidry to Druidism, rolls off the tongue better).
Yes, you can do whatever you want. It's a belief system, a way of life, it is not Ikea plans. There is no right or wrong when it comes to someone's beliefs :)
As far as 'a certain ancestry', I assume you mean people of northern European descent claiming only they can be Asatru?
Look, here's the thing. Any neo-pagan religion is reconstructionist. Fact is there is very very little documentation of non-Abrahamic religions in Europe from the middle ages and previously. Even Greco-Roman religious practices and customs are largely speculative and taken from recorded myth and legend. For the most part 'pagan' religious weren't even very organized and beliefs could vary wildly from group to group, region to region, decade to decade.
I recommend you read the various myths and legends of all European cultures and even the Greco-Roman ones. You'll see a lot of recurring themes, the names of the heroes and deities will change but you see the same stories over and over.
Look at Thor vs Perun. Zeus vs Jupiter. Hel vs Prosperina vs Persephone. Hell look at the native tribes of North America, you'll see a dozen or more versions of Coyote.
Do what feels right to you, and don't be afraid to drift. But first, really dive into the source material for the deities we know about. I'll edit this post shortly with some things to start with.
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That's a good start.
Also wherever you live find the Audubon society book for trees and the like in your area, you should be able to find one for your region on Amazon used for 5-10$.
books that i have read that you may enjoy.
"The Children of Odin"
"Myths of the Norsemen"
"The Poetic Edda"
"The Younger Edda"
also the AFA has some great recommendations on the Website
Enjoy! :)
The most popular translation is the Hollander translation.
Oh, Lee M. Hollander
Just check Amazon and "look inside".
I have the Faulkes translation and it is a complete Edda.
I don't have the Hollander myself, but the table of contents looks complete.
There are entire fields of study and degrees to be had, dedicated to such a question.
If you had a reference of its location within the Edda, you could pick up a translation that will tell you.
This one?
This is the one i'm talking about
There's also this one but the author tries to keep the poetic structure intact so it's a lot harder to understand, to me anyways.
Agreed for the Prose Edda--Penguin Classics. I like this translation of the Elder Edda.