Re: [tied] What is the Rydberg Edda? (correcting the previous one)

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From: João Simões Lopes Filho

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Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 3:23 PM

Subject: [tied] What is the Rydberg Edda? (correcting the previous one)

Abraham Victor Rydberg (1828-95) was a Swedish scholar, writer (with Romantic inclinations) and influential philosopher. He wrote very interestingly about Germanic mythology:

 

http://www.boudicca.de/teut.htm

 

His classic commentaries on the Edda are still quoted in the literature. Rydberg was a fine philologist and his interpretations must be taken seriously, as long as you're aware of more recent scholarship in that area. The "Rydberg Edda" is simply the Edda as annotated by Rydberg.

 

Piotr

 

 

The previous e-mail was wrong. This is the correct one:

What is the Rydberg Edda? It's valid as a reference? I found many sites with references to it, with different interpretations of norse Gods, for example, equating Mundifari and Lodurr; or Mimir and Surtr.

 

Joao SL

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