Editing The Poetic Edda (section)

==So should I read this book?==
Probably.

As mentioned before, it's a great way to see where Tolkien's world and ideas came from.

On top of that, if you're playing a Viking/Icelandic/Scandinavian setting, this should be your point of first reference. All you need to know about the gods, the nine realms, Dwarves, Elves, Giants and trolls are all here. Also, for the [[Space Wolves]] players, this is where you'll find a shit-ton of the sources for them ([[Fenris]] being one example).

For a light read, though, unless you're interested in Viking mythology, probably not. The language in this book is fucking tough, and the writer of this passage used to be in a Shakespearean theatre company. On top of that, many of the stories are kinda...well bad. There are a lot of strange interjections and tangents, likely from the composer of this book compiling random sources, or the stories themselves getting mixed up with others over time (like was said in the first paragraph, this book was written a couple hundred years after the Viking age and is taken from oral stories).

On the whole though, yes, especially for those of you into fantasy and Tolkien, but don't literally expect the Lord of the Rings.