The Poetic Edda

The classic English translation of the Poetic Edda, the poems behind almost every Norse myth. Read the Völuspá, the Hávamál, and the lays of Sigurd, with a short introduction to each poem.

Henry Adams Bellows

Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the medieval handbook that tells the Norse myths in order, from the creation of the world to Ragnarök. This translation covers the Prologue, Gylfaginning, and Skáldskaparmál.

Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur