Saemund Sigfusson (1056–1133)
Autor(a) de The Poetic Edda
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Image credit: Denkmal für Sæmundur vor der Háskóli Íslands
Obras de Saemund Sigfusson
The Poetic Edda & The Prose Edda (Complete Edition): The Elder Saemundar Edda: Baldr's Dreams, Loki's… (2019) 3 cópias
The Elder Eddas & the Younger Eddas 1 exemplar(es)
The Hávamál: The Words Of Odin 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Saemund Sigfusson
- Outros nomes
- Sæmundr Sigfússon,
Sæmundur Sigfússon,
Sæmundr fróði,
Sæmundur fróði,
Sæmundr the Learned,
Sæmundur the Learned, - Data de nascimento
- 1056
- Data de falecimento
- 1133
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Iceland
- Ocupação
- priest
scholar
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The Poetic Edda LE em Folio Society Devotees (Janeiro 2021)
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- Obras
- 15
- Membros
- 3,162
- Popularidade
- #8,078
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 31
- ISBNs
- 115
- Idiomas
- 12
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- 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.… (mais)