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8) King Winter
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King Winter, the embodiment of the Christmas Spirit, leaves his palace of snow to bring winter to the land and reward obedient children with holiday sweets.
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The Poetic Edda is the most important collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry, covering the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, The Doom of the Gods. The mythological poems are an exploration of the wisdom of gods and giants, and tell of the adventures of the god Thor, against hostile giants, and rivalries amongst the gods. In the heroic poems we hear of the exploits of Helgi and his Valkyrie bride, the tragic tale...
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"Beowulf", a sprawling, fantastical tale of bravery, heroism, and Anglo-Saxon heraldry, is the most celebrated epic poem in the English language.
The story of the great Geatish fighter Beowulf, who comes to the aid of the beleagued Hrothgar and his men, this poem relates three epic battles: Beowulf's fight with the monster Grendel, his face-off with Grendel's vengeful mother and, after serving as King for 50 years, Beowulf's fateful clash with...
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Written under the pseudonym "Carolus", Lyrics & Lines is a book of poems written, probably circa 1890 - 1900, as a gift to one he had loved and lost.
Love, Humour, Moralisation and the Macabre all come together in a most readable and enjoyable manner.
Who he was, when and exactly where he lived and his age at the time he wrote this book are unknown. That he was a modest man can be gleaned from his description of himself as "...a poetaster"....
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"El Poema de Mio Cid", or "The Poem of the Cid", is the oldest preserved Spanish epic poem, thought to date to before the thirteenth century. The author of the poem is unknown, and there is some debate as to whether it can be attributed to one or many individuals. The story probably began as an oral tradition passed down by generation, recounting the exploits of an exiled soldier during the Spanish Reconquista who regained his honor in battle against...
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Al cabo de ocho siglos, el Cantar de Mio Cid sigue siendo uno de los poemas épicos más notables, y el único que sobrevivió de la España medieval. En él se narran las gestas legendarias del caballero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid Campeador, en un relato donde la ficción y los acontecimientos históricos se mezclan de un modo único.
Las vicisitudes de la vida del Cid
-los dos destierros,
-las campañas victoriosas de Valencia
-y la coronación...
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Dating from the eighth century and earlier, the Manyoshu is the oldest Japanese poetry anthology. The 1,000 poems chosen for this famous selection were chosen by a distinguished scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence, their role in revealing the Japanese national spirit and character, and their cultural and historical significance. Text is in English only.
16) Romancero viejo
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El Romancero viejo está formado por romances anónimos, compuestos entre el siglo XIV y el siglo XVI. Los primeros romances tienen su origen en el cantar de gesta y cada uno de sus versos estaba dividido en dos partes-o hemistiquios-por una pausa-o cesura-con una sola rima asonante.
Como la fórmula del romance gustaba mucho al público, los juglares empezaron a componer otros en los que daban noticias, recogían leyendas populares, batallas, crónicas...
17) Kudrun
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Kudrun está considerado como el segundo gran poema épico-heroico de la Edad Media alemana tras el Cantar de los nibelungos, obra de la que es deudora en muchos aspectos, si bien de temática muy diferente. Conservado en un único manuscrito tardío (del siglo xvi), Kudrun data realmente del siglo xiii, y se le ha comparado en ocasiones con la Ilíada y la Odisea, lo que da muestra de su importancia. Efectivamente, Kudrun es una suerte de "odisea...
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Don Juan Facundo Quiroga es un cancionero tradicional argentino anónimo. En él se narra la vida y muerte de Facundo Quiroga, caudillo argentino de la primera mitad del siglo XIX, partidario de un gobierno federal durante las guerras internas en su país, posteriores a la declaración de la independencia.
Juan Facundo Quiroga, el caudillo de las provincias argentinas del interior, ha sido inmortalizado por gauchos riojanos, cordobeses y por escritores...
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The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The Nibelungenlied is based on an oral tradition that has some of its origin in historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries. The poem is split into two parts: in the first part, Siegfried comes to Worms to acquire the hand of the Burgundian princess Kriemhild from her brother King Gunther....
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