EDDA • Myths from medieval Iceland

Ensemble: Sequentia Album: Edda - Myths from medieval Iceland Video: Selection of many runic art photos, courtesy of Alessio & Valentina • Untangling among the myriad of musical projects inspired by the Vikings born in recent years is something really difficult. To help those who are looking for something more credible and historically accurate, even if perhaps less easy for the common ear, here is the musical version of the Edda proposed by Enseble Sequentia. The Edda are the sagas of medieval Iceland, as they are usually called, a series of texts describing various aspects of the society from their laws to their religious beliefs. Some texts are in prose, while some are poetic. The latter are the subject here, and are performed primarily as preserved in the Codex Regius (early thirteenth century). The sagas of medieval Iceland are some of the West’s most fascinating literature, arising from one of the West’s most fascinating civilizati