I have so many ancient texts that are bargain bin editions, an out of copyright edition in mass market paperback to be sold at lowest possible price, no notes, no introduction, just the text. So it’s nice to read something that was translated within the last 50 years and includes footnotes AND an introduction AND a glossary at the end, I’ve been spoiled.

Anyway: If I’d read the Nibelungenlied within the last year that might’ve been nice for comparison; as it was I mostly repeatedly got deja vu. I would love to hear someone talk about the role of women here, because there’s something really weird going on where the women are both accurate soothsayers and often incredibly cruel, casually disposing of their own children. But I can’t pull those threads together into something cohesive on my own.