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The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes QUOTES

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes QUOTES

1 " Men brave and generous live the best lives, seldom will they sorrow; then there are fools, afraid of everything, who grumble instead of giving. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

2 " It is like a man | whom no one loves,-- Why should his life be long? "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

3 " It is probable, as Anthony Faulkes suggests, that the pagan religion was never systematically understood by those who practiced it. Different areas of Scandinavia worshipped different gods at different times in the pre-Christian era; the localized nature of cults and rituals produced neither dogma nor sacred texts, as far as we know. Rather pre-Christian religion was 'a disorganized body of conflicting traditions that was probably never reduced in heathen times to a consistent orthodoxy such as Snorri attempts to present'. "

― Carolyne Larrington , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

4 " There's always a better choice
than cowardice, if you
have business to take care of.
One day long ago
my life was already shaped,
and my fate was fixed. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

5 " Obłęd i szał, rozczarowanie i żal,
Siądź tu, a opowiem tobie
o męce tęsknoty
I zdwojonym bólu. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

6 " Wiem, gdzie jesion stoi, Yggdrasill się zowie,
Lśniącą wilgotnością pień jego zroszony;
Z niego idzie rosa, co w dolinach spada,
Koło Urs studni wciąż zielony stoi. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

7 " When a real battle starts, you’ll always find that there is no bravest man. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

8 " It’s a long and crooked walk to a bad friend, even if he lives nearby. But it’s an easy road to a good friend, no matter how long the journey. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

9 " That is the true mingling of kinship when a man can tell   someone all his thoughts;   anything is better than to be fickle;   he is no true friend who only says pleasant things. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

10 " And I said to him that I had made a vow in my turn, that I would never marry a man who knew the meaning of fear. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

11 " Tell your secret to one person, never to two— everyone knows, if three people know. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

12 " But she awoke to the cold death of her hopes, "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

13 " A brand from a brand | is kindled and burned, And fire from fire begotten; And man by his speech | is known to men, And the stupid by their stillness. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

14 " Exchange of words | with a witless ape Thou must not ever make. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

15 " The giantess old in Ironwood sat, In the east, and bore the brood of Fenrir; Among these one in monster's guise Was soon to steal the sun from the sky. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

16 " Men become friends when they can share their minds with one another. Anything is better than being lied to: a real friend will disagree with you openly. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

17 " Fire is best for mortals, and sunshine— and also good health, if you have it, and living beyond reproach. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

18 " I bid thee be wary, | but be not fearful; (Beware most with ale or another's wife, "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

19 " What hast thou to ask? | why comest thou hither? Othin, I know | where thine eye is hidden. "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

20 " Wolf-time, wind-time, axe-time, sword-time, shields-high-time, "

― , The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes