The Poetic Edda - Translated by Carolyne Larrington Diana Paxson Together the two sagas recount

Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including

saintly miracles

‘The British Book of Spells & Charms’ which explores the wealth of traditional spells and charms of Britain’s folk-magical tradition

a  kindly old woman sits at her table within the whitewashed rough stone walls of her cottage

This cauldron of culinary magic forever banishes the ordinary in eating

The Poetic Edda - Translated by Carolyne Larrington Diana Paxson Together the two sagas recount'She sees, coming up a second time, Earth from the ocean, eternally green; the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them, over the mountain hunting fish.' After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its destruction and rebirth. In this great collection of Norse