Havamal: The Sayings of the Vikings: In a New and Readable Translation

by Bjorn Jonasson

Paperback, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

291

Collection

Publication

Gudrun (2002), Paperback, 92 pages

Description

The books in this series contain short texts from the original stories from Viking Age. These new translations unlock the treasures of the Classical texts and will make a valued gift for friends, relatives or business associates.This is the authentic Havamal, the famous northern guide on how to manage everyday life, which gave spiritual nourishment to the Vikings. These sayings cover a broad range of topics that are designed to simply help one through the day and life, offering advice on friendship, happiness, traveling and even positive thinking.

User reviews

LibraryThing member TheoClarke
A succinct selection of verses from Havamal translated from the original Norse while retaining its original poetic form. I would very much prefer to see this with the original texts in parallel but it does make a great gift book in this form.

Language

Original publication date

1992-05

Physical description

92 p.; 7.56 inches

ISBN

9979907010 / 9789979907015

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