9788792632746-8792632742-The Seed of Yggdrasill: Deciphering the Hidden Messages in Old Norse Myths

The Seed of Yggdrasill: Deciphering the Hidden Messages in Old Norse Myths

ISBN-13: 9788792632746
ISBN-10: 8792632742
Edition: 3rd
Author:
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Whyte Tracks
Format: Hardcover 712 pages
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ISBN-13: 9788792632746
ISBN-10: 8792632742
Edition: 3rd
Author:
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Whyte Tracks
Format: Hardcover 712 pages

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The Seed of Yggdrasill: Deciphering the Hidden Messages in Old Norse Myths (ISBN-13: 9788792632746 and ISBN-10: 8792632742), written by authors , was published by Whyte Tracks in 2017. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Seed of Yggdrasill: Deciphering the Hidden Messages in Old Norse Myths (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.46.

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Kvilhaug has researched the archeaology and background to the Eddas, Poems and Sagas of Northern literature and Historical folk lore data. She has translated the original ancient Norse manuscripts and approaches the Poems as metaphor for traditional ritual and rites of passage in the ancient cultures of Scandinavia. Her insights open up the poems to reveal a whole new world where The tree of life, the red-gold of wisdom and the goddess of death and renewal are central to an almost forgotten way of life. She describes a Golden Age of travel, interexchange of cultures and trade.
We are confident that "Yggdrasill" will revolutionize the way in which the old Norse Sagas are approached by academics, story-tellers, and religious leaders alike. This unique approach to the metaphors of the Eddas and Norse poems will cause much debate amongst modern new-age and the Scandinavian faith, Asatru, followers.
Controversy aside however, we predict this book will help rebuild an understanding of the pagan past of the Northern peoples. It may even restore a rationalized familiarity with their true Northern god(s) and goddess(es)

The Edda poems were most probably created by Viking Age skalds who knew the art of making metaphorical riddles and how to hide messages behind words. Many poems are veritably incomprehensible without the knowledge it takes to decipher the riddles. When Snorri in the 1220's realized that young people were beginning to lose their understanding of the ancient form of Norse poetry, he wrote his book so that “young students of poetry may decipher that which has been subtly spoken”, adding that knowledge has been “cleverly disguised in runes”.

Why was the manuscript hidden throughout four centuries? What were the real messages behind Old Norse poetry? Are the Norse myths truly just funny stories about gods, trolls and giants, or do they hide some deeper insights? In The Seed of Yggdrasil, Maria Kvilhaug explores the parables of Old Norse myths, revealing spiritual mysteries and metaphysical speculation at the heart of Old Norse Paganism.

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