Saemund Sigfusson (1056–1133)
Autor/a de The Poetic Edda
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Denkmal für Sæmundur vor der Háskóli Íslands
Obres de Saemund Sigfusson
The Poetic Edda & The Prose Edda (Complete Edition): The Elder Saemundar Edda: Baldr's Dreams, Loki's… (2019) 3 exemplars
The Elder Eddas & the Younger Eddas 1 exemplars
The Hávamál: The Words Of Odin 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Saemund Sigfusson
- Altres noms
- Sæmundr Sigfússon,
Sæmundur Sigfússon,
Sæmundr fróði,
Sæmundur fróði,
Sæmundr the Learned,
Sæmundur the Learned, - Data de naixement
- 1056
- Data de defunció
- 1133
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Iceland
- Professions
- priest
scholar
Membres
Converses
The Poetic Edda LE a Folio Society Devotees (gener 2021)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 15
- Membres
- 3,143
- Popularitat
- #8,122
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 31
- ISBN
- 114
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 2
From the mythological section I've developed a theory: I'm utterly convinced that Odin and Loki were lovers! Sounds bizarre but I swear the text supports it - they were actually blood brothers (not father and adopted son), when accusations of homosexuality are flying around neither of them denies it, Loki enjoys cross-dressing and switching genders, and they both practise traditionally-feminine types of magic. Case closed.
On a more serious note, it's somewhat surprising to see how accepting of disabilities the Vikings apparently were. There's a whole passage about how everyone is useful regardless of disability and most of the gods are maimed in some way or another. Tyr is one-handed, Odin lost an eye, Hod is blind, and at one point it's suggested that Heimdall traded his hearing for better vision (although at another point it's stated he has super-human hearing, so who knows).
Absolutely recommended for any lover of Viking mythology, as it's one of the extremely few original sources.… (més)