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Benjamin Thorpe was born in 1782.
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Northern Mythology (Wordsworth Myth, Legend & Folklore)
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This text is a comprehensive range of stories that reflects the rich mythological traditions of Scandinavia, North Germany and the Netherlands, encompassing the breadth of the "Eddas" and the "Sagas", the works of Odinic faith and a full examination of folklore traditions.
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Pocket Edda: Poetic Edda
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Now you can take the Poetic (otherwise known as Elder Edda) with you where ever you go. To combat, to the office, to school, in your purse, or in your pocket. Have the wisdom of our ancestors with you always. This is a Pocket Sized version of the Poetic Edda. A must have for every Asatru, Odinist, Germanic history and Viking enthusiast.
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The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson: Translated from the Original Old Norse Text Into English (Classic Reprint)
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Saemund, son of Sigfus, the reputed collector of the poems bearing his name, which is sometimes also called the Elder, and the Poetic, Edda, was of a highly distinguished family, being descended in a direct line from King Harald Hildetonn. He was born at Oddi, his paternal dwelling in the south of Iceland, between the years 1054 and 1057, or about 50 years after the establishment by law of the Christian religion in that island; hence it is easy to imagine that many heathens, or baptized favourers of the old mythic songs of heathenism, may have lived in his days and imparted to him the lays of the times of old, which his unfettered mind induced him to hand down to posterity. The youth of Saemund was passed in travel and study, in Germany and France, and, according to some accounts, in Italy. His cousin John Ogmundson, who later became first bishop of Holum, and after his death was received among the number of saints, when on his way to Rome, fell in with his youthful kinsman, Table of Contents Gudrun's Incitement 248; The Lay of Hamdir 251; THE YOUNGER EDDAS OF STURLESON; The Deluding of Gylfi 256; Of the Primordial State of the Universe259; Origin of the Frost-Giants 260; Of the Cow Audhumla, and Birth of Odin262; The Making of Heaven and Earth263; Creation of Man and Woman 265; Night and Day, Sun and Moon266; Wolves that Pursue the Sun and Moon267; The Way that Leads to Heaven268; The Golden Age269; Origin of the Dwarfs, and Norns of Destiny270; The Ash Yggdrasill and Mimer's Well 271; The Norns that Tend Yggdrasill 273; The Wind and the Seasons 275; Thor and His Hammer -277; Balder and Njord 278; Njord and His Wife Skadi 279; The God Frey and Goddess Freyja 280; Tyr and Other Gods 281; Hodur the Blind, Assassin of Baldur 283; Loki and His Progeny284; Binding the Wolf Fenrir 285; The Goddesses and their Attributes 289; Frey, and Gerda the Beautiful291; The Joys of Valhalla 293; The Wonderful Horse Sleipnir 2
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The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church: The First Part Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Aelfric in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an ... Library Collection - Religion) (Volume 2)
(The writings of 'lfric of Eynsham (c.950-c.1010) are amon...)
The writings of 'lfric of Eynsham (c.950-c.1010) are among the most important to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. He was shaped by tenth-century monastic reform, and his promotion of Old English was highly influential. His earliest known works, the Sermones Catholici (c.990-5), are adaptations of Latin texts rendered in Old English. The homilies draw on the gospels, saints' lives and other doctrinal themes. They were intended to be delivered over two years. This two-volume collection, first published between 1844 and 1846, contains transcriptions of the Old English texts with facing-page translations by Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2-1870). A well-respected scholar with a strong interest in promoting the study of Old English, Thorpe produced an important edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the Rolls Series (also reissued in this series). Volume 2 of the present work contains the sermons for the second year, focusing on doctrine and church history.
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Codex exoniensis: A collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry, from a manuscript in the library of the dean and chapter of Exeter, with an English translation, notes, and indexes
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Codex exoniensis A collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry, from a manuscript in the library of the dean and chapter of Exeter, with an English translation, notes, and indexes. 573 pages
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The Havamal: Sayings of the High One
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Would you like to take a step back in time with me? A time when our ancestors sat together beside a fire, at a feast and told fantastic stories of the Gods and Goddesses who founded the nine worlds, and our ancestral line. Read here the words spoken in the old times of the old faith and let it kindle within your heart and soul a calling to the Asatru way. The words of Odin.
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: According to the Several Original Authorities (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 1)
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Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2-1870) was a scholar of Old English and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich. Through his work, he sought to promote the study of the old vernacular, against the trend of scholarly apathy towards Anglo-Saxon literature. One of his greatest contributions was this two-volume edition, published as part of the Rolls Series in 1861, of the oldest and most important chronological accounts of Anglo-Saxon affairs. Covering the period from Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain to around the accession of Henry II in 1154, this volume brings together seven manuscripts in their entirety, arranged in columns to illustrate variation, and given in the original Old English with notes. As none are the original, the authorship is unknown, although Thorpe argues that several elements indicate the influence of King Alfred (848/9-899) upon the chronicle's compilation. The text provides rich insights into Old English language, dialect and history.
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Benjamin Thorpe
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He studied for four years at Copenhagen University, under the Danish philologist Rasmus Christian Rask.
Career
He returned to England in 1830, and in 1832 published an English version of Caedmon's metrical paraphrase of portions of the Holy Scriptures, which at once established his reputation as an Anglo-Saxon scholar. In 1834 he published Analecta Anglo-Saxonica, which was for many years the standard textbook of Anglo-Saxon in English, but his best-known work is a Northern Mythology in three volumes (1851). His was the first complete good translation of the elder Edda (1866). His other works include Ancient Laws and Institutes of England (1840), an English translation of the laws enacted under the Anglo-Saxon kings; The Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon (1842); Codex Exoniensis (1842), a collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry with English translation; an English translation of Dr Lappen- burg's History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings (1845); Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf (1855), a translation; an edition for the "Rolls" series of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1861); and Diplomatarium Anglicum aevi saxonici (1865), a collection oiearly English charters. Thorpe died at Chiswick on the 19th of July 1870. The value of his work was recognized by the grant to him, in 1835, of a civil list pension.
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Northern Mythology (Wordsworth Myth, Legend & Folklore)
(This text is a comprehensive range of stories that reflec...)
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The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson: Translated from the Original Old Norse Text Into English (Classic Reprint)
(Saemund, son of Sigfus, the reputed collector of the poem...)
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The Havamal: Sayings of the High One
(Would you like to take a step back in time with me? A tim...)
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Codex exoniensis: A collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry, from a manuscript in the library of the dean and chapter of Exeter, with an English translation, notes, and indexes
(Codex exoniensis A collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry, from...)
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: According to the Several Original Authorities (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 1)
(Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2-1870) was a scholar of Old Englis...)
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Pocket Edda: Poetic Edda
(Now you can take the Poetic (otherwise known as Elder Edd...)
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The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church: The First Part Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Aelfric in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an ... Library Collection - Religion) (Volume 2)
(The writings of 'lfric of Eynsham (c.950-c.1010) are amon...)
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Northern Mythology (Wordsworth Myth, Legend & Folklore)
Membership
He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich, and of the Society of Netherlandish Literature at Leyden.
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English