Vafthrudnismal

By Tim William Machan

Probably composed at the height of the Viking Age, Vaf r nism l recounts how one day the mysterious and powerful god inn visits the hall of an ancient giant named Vaf r nir. There, with their heads wagered over the outcome, the two engage in a wisdom contest about how the world was created, who inhabits it, and what will come of it when the gods and giants battle one last time at the world-ending Ragnarok. The qualities that popular imagination sees in the Vikings - bravery, courage, and cunning - are the very qualities that the two adversaries display in their deadly game. By the time the game ends, and the poem with it, the reader has witnessed a vista not only of the terror and mystery of medieval Scandinavia but of its beauty as well.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088844561X
• ISBN13: 9780888445612
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: PIMS
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"