Translated by Patricia Terry, this book is a collection of Old Norse poems from the Elder Edda, a medieval Icelandic manuscript. The poems span various themes, including: * Cosmological poem "Völuspá" ("The Sibyl's Prophecy") * Didactic poems on mythology and everyday life * Heroic poems, including the story of Sigurd and Brynhild Terry's translation is considered a classic and scholarly representation of the Elder Edda, with a readable and vivid style that brings the poems to life.