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W.G. Collingwood by Rigsthula

Rigsthula – The Lay of Rig

January 26, 2024February 23, 2023 by Marius

The Rigsthula (Old Norse Rígsþula) is a poem found in the Codex Wormanius, a manuscript of Snorri’s Prose Edda. It … Read More

hor_Destroyer by Lorenz

Thrymskvida – Thor the Bearded Bride

January 26, 2024February 2, 2023 by Marius

In Thrymskvida (Old Norse: Þrymskviða) we get to hear the story of how the jötun Thrym manages to steal Mjolnir. … Read More

Poetic edda

The Poetic Edda – Source for Most of Norse Mythology

April 15, 2024February 1, 2023 by Marius

The Poetic Edda (also known as The Elder Edda) is a collection of Old Norse poems. It is the primary … Read More

Lay of Hymimr by Lorenz Frølich

The Lay of Hymir – Hymiskvida

March 17, 2024January 30, 2023 by Marius

Hymiskvida is thought to have been a late addition to the collection of poems known as the Poetic Edda. It … Read More

Vegtam by Lorenz Frølich

The Vegtamskvida – The “Long” Baldr’s Draumar

January 26, 2024January 22, 2023 by Marius

To understand the controversy surrounding the poem Vegtamskvida (The Lay of Vegtam), you need to go to the sources. As … Read More

Loki Taunts Bragi (1908) by W. G. Collingwood

Lokasenna – The Flyting of Loki

March 17, 2024January 19, 2023 by Marius

The Lokasenna is, according to some commenters online, one of the less popular poems of the Poetic Edda. I feel … Read More

Alvis by W.G. Collingwood

Alvíssmál – The Dwarf Alvis and Thrud

December 21, 2024January 18, 2023 by Marius

The Alvíssmál is a story I found both funny as well as interesting for several reasons. Essentially the dwarf Alvíss … Read More

Hárbarðsljóð by W.G. Collingwood

Harbardsljod – The Lay of Harbard

May 23, 2024December 26, 2022 by Marius

The “Harbardsljóð” or “Harbardsljot,” also known as the “Lay of Harbard,” is a poem from the Poetic Edda. The poem … Read More

Odin in Torment": As the god Odin being tortured by Geirroð, he handed a full horn from which to drink by Agnarr, as described in Grímnismál.

Grímnismál – Sayings of Grímnir

November 5, 2023December 17, 2022 by Marius

Grímnismál is from the ancient Poetic Edda. The structure of the poem is a longer narrative introduction that sets up … Read More

Havamal

Hávamál – “Words of the High One”

June 7, 2024February 5, 2022 by Marius

Hávamál is one of the most important, and surely most quoted of all the ancient Norse poems. The only surviving … Read More

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