The Poetic Edda. Heroic Poems
4 hrs. 43 min.
Description
Ilya Boyashov returns to “The Elder Edda”, opening to readers a world of heroic sagas. In this part of the epic, ancient Germanic legends are closely intertwined with real historical events of the era of the Great Migration of Peoples. Later, many creators of modern culture drew inspiration from this incredibly rich source: from the creator of Middle-earth, John Tolkien, to authors of the MARVEL universe, from George R. R. Martin to contemporary cinematographers.
This is the real “Iliad of the North,” where revenge is taken for fathers, oaths are sealed with blood, battles are fought for love, and men die for honor. In a modern and engaging retelling of the magnificent epic, legendary characters come alive: the skillful smith Welund, the indestructible Sigurd, the tragic Gudrun, as well as kings, valkyries, and heroes in the face-off against the Huns.
Actor Grigory Perel seems to continue the millennia-old tradition of oral myth retellings—when legends passed from storyteller to listener across centuries and generations.
Ilya Boyashov is a prose writer and historian, laureate of the “National Bestseller” award. He created the first—and as of now, the only—prose adaptation of the fundamental Icelandic epic: “The Poetic Edda. Songs of the Gods” and “The Poetic Edda. Songs of the Heroes.”
This is the real “Iliad of the North,” where revenge is taken for fathers, oaths are sealed with blood, battles are fought for love, and men die for honor. In a modern and engaging retelling of the magnificent epic, legendary characters come alive: the skillful smith Welund, the indestructible Sigurd, the tragic Gudrun, as well as kings, valkyries, and heroes in the face-off against the Huns.
Actor Grigory Perel seems to continue the millennia-old tradition of oral myth retellings—when legends passed from storyteller to listener across centuries and generations.
Ilya Boyashov is a prose writer and historian, laureate of the “National Bestseller” award. He created the first—and as of now, the only—prose adaptation of the fundamental Icelandic epic: “The Poetic Edda. Songs of the Gods” and “The Poetic Edda. Songs of the Heroes.”
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