British Edda [Paperback]

L. a. Waddell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 20, 2003

This book contains the great epic poem of the ancient Britons on the exploits of King Thor, Arthur or Adam and his knights in establishing civilization reforming Eden and capturing the Holy Grail about 3880-3350 BC, reconstructed for the first time from the medieval manuscripts of Babylonian, Hittite, Egyptian, Trojan, and Gothic keys and done literally into English.

Editorial Reviews

Review

" A master-work, which will eventually involve the rewriting of much prehistory." -- Harold Bayley author of Archaic England.

"His translatation of the Edda will stand as the classic rendering of the text." -- Nation and Athcnarum --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (May 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766157539
• ISBN-13: 978-0766157538
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #497,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The British Edda the real Edda, July 5, 2000

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Shawn D YOung (Smyrna, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: British Edda (Hardcover)

L.A. Waddell's thesis is that the Poetical Edda has been mistakenly assumed to be the work of Scandinavians or Norse and the gods within the text are Scandinavian or Norse. Waddell proves that the language of the text is actually of British-Gothic origin and composed in Britain. "That the Edda, in its existing mediaeval version, was composed in Britain is now admitted by the leading authorities on the language of the Eddic texts in Scandinavia as well as Britain..." Snorri Sturlason ( 1179-1241) is usualy attributed for translating the text but Waddell believes that Snorri "concoted" the idea that the work is a far out fairy tell in Icelandic venacular. "But we shall find that Snorri's fictitious tale is no Edda at all, and that his purported translations of the Edda extracts, which he sites...show that he did not understand many of the critical words in the Edda, which are British and non-Icelandic. I find Waddell's theory to be important as we witness the revival of Odinism and Wotanism in Europe and America. Some of the "New Age" Norse Religion revisions are based on Snorri's "concoted" interpretations. This book contiues Waddell's theory that the British (not Celts) have their origin in Phrygia or Ancient Troy and that the Edda is a historical story actual people and events. My only problem with his work is that he pulls the biblical Adam and Eve into the historical interpretation which as a result has given the British Israel crowd fuel for their far out ideas. As a result Waddell probably recieves less attention than he deserves.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep Your Sky God--I Want Adam-Thor, April 21, 2001

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CHRIS CONNOR (san fransico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: British Edda (Hardcover)

L.A. Wadell's "British Edda" is the Bible of Odinism.

His use of Adam-Thor and elements from what we call the Bible is a part of his theory that the Bible of the Hebrews is largely a copy of literature existing prior to the time the Bible of the Hebrews was compiled.

He outlines this idea convincingly in his "Makers of Civilization" (where he also makes the connection of ADAM-GAUR-THOR) and it makes its mark in "The British Edda".

This has historical merit. For example, as Ignatius Donnelly points out in his book on Atlantis the word "Noah" is of Aryan derivation -- the root "No" having to do with water and found in Aryan maritime Gods and demigods like Neptune and the Nymphs. This, in addition to the fact that Flood myths far predate the Semitic (and eventually Hebrew) Flood myths would seem to indicate that a large part of "our" Bible is but a rough copying of previous myths.

Thus the fear that "British Israelites" could use the "British Edda"--a Pagan Holy Book--for anything useful in order to back up their worship of the Hebraic Sky God is, in my view, an unfounded fear. And where their Bible is a book of spiritual bondage to the tribal deity Yahweh and, later, to an impotent self-proclaimed demigod, the Edda is a tale of heroism.

It's advantage over the "other" Eddas of the north is that it gives a sense of historical perspective the others lack. HIGHLY recommended!

6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Orthodoxy is unconsciousness, March 7, 2005

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A. J. Palmer (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: British Edda (Hardcover)

The marginalisation of Waddell's great works has been quite an achievement. While stating that not all revisionist history is accurate the work of this great man deserves to be heard and assessed in its own right. To equate the author with the white supremacy movement would be laughable if it wasn't so cowardly. As Orwell wrote in '1984' 'orthodoxy is unconsciousness' as the 'reader' below clearly illustrates.

The 'Eindri' European norse God (Thor) from the Edda is the Hindu God Indra, just as King Minos of Crete was Menes of Sumer, the indus valley as Manja, egypt as Manj.

Waddell brought all this real history together and should be considered one of our great global historians. The fact his version of true history has been ignored shows the depth and scale of the global educational fascism that permeates the 'established' schools of thought.