The Great Myths #20: Introducing Norse Myth & Reading the Voluspa
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An episode from 9/15/22: For the next year or more, my series on The Great Myths will focus on Norse mythology. Tonight I introduce the subject and read one of its foundational texts, a poem from the Poetic Edda called the \\u201cVoluspa.\\u201d The Voluspa takes its form as a prophecy spoken by a female seeress, or V\\xf6lva, who tells the story of the world\\u2014from creation through Ragnarok\\u2014in an astonishingly brief, but unforgettable, poem. The translation I read is by Andy Orchard.
\\nAs other episodes on the Norse Myths are produced, they will all be collected here.
\\nThe two translations of the Poetic Edda that I mention are those by \\u2060Andy Orchard\\u2060 and \\u2060Carolyn Larrington\\u2060. The two translations of the Prose Edda that I mention are those by \\u2060Anthony Faulkes\\u2060 and \\u2060Jesse Byock\\u2060.
\\nThe essential reference books on Norse myth that I will be using for this series are John Lindow\\u2019s \\u2060Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals & Beliefs\\u2060, Rudolf Simek\\u2019s \\u2060Dictionary of Northern Mythology\\u2060, and Andy Orchard\\u2019s \\u2060Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend\\u2060.
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