I haven't read Eddison. I meant "modern" in a wide sense that even includes Tolkien's prose to some degree. He doesn't sound very modern, but he still sounds to

I haven't read Eddison. I meant "modern" in a wide sense that even includes Tolkien's prose to some degree. He doesn't sound very modern, but he still sounds to me more modern than Grimm's tales, even in the Silmarillion, which is the opposite of verbose. Tolkien is more "realistic". He goes more in the direction of pseudo history, he mentions family trees and specific years. I don't think the Edda does that to a similar extent either, though I haven't read it. It's possible that Eddison is again different.