He left behind a rich literary output concerning both history, and the culture of the past period. One of his most famous works is a three-part treatise intended as a textbook on poetics, commonly known as Edda the Younger. This name comes from the inscription na …
The Sources of Myths, Part 1
The process of Christianization took place in Scandinavia, generally speaking, character slightly different than in other parts of medieval Europe. It was not related to external pressure, but it was generally an act of deliberate political decision. And maybe …
Scandinavian mythology part 2
When reporting some myths, in a few occasional cases, the author had to deviate somewhat from the original vocabulary used in Edda, supplementing the text with phrases and terms, which, in his opinion, reflect the content more accurately, even though they are undoubtedly anachronistic in relation to the epoch. …
Scandinavian mythology part 1
The main goal is to present the mythology of Scandinavian peoples, so far almost unknown to us.
The presented collection of Scandinavian myths is the product of a wide civilization circle of the Germanic people. Some of them did, starting from antiquity, and ending with the Middle Ages, Pangermański ch Character, others related …