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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc.

Thor, Odin, Loki, Freyja, the Valkyries, Valhalla, Ragnarok — many of the places we encounter these and other names, places, and events from Norse mythology in daily life and pop culture are connected to the medieval sources in name only.

Have you ever had a conversation with someone in the car and not wanted it to end? Maybe you were just going to the store, or had to run a quick errand, but decided to take a detour on the way back to spend more time with someone. Take a trip with us as we have deep conversations, stories about our lives, and endless arguments about the proper way to speak...on the long way home.