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Poetic Edda
Collection of Old Norse poems
- Published the 1260s CE
- Also called Elder Edda, Sæmundar Edda
Overview
collection of Old Norse poemsWikidata record description. Read Poetic Edda in the Wikipedia reader.
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Stories and families in it
Each on its own page, where this text is one account among others.
Who appears in it
Gods and people whose own records say they appear in this work.
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Works within it
Works recorded as part of this one. Each date is that work’s own, on the source clock.
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Völuspá
poem from the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Grímnismál
poem from the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Baldrs draumar
Eddic poemWritten c. 12th century CE -
Þrymskviða
poemWritten c. 13th century CE -
Hyndluljóð
Old Norse poem often considered part of the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Alvíssmál
poem from the Poetic EddaWritten c. 12th century CE -
Völundarkviða
eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
AM 748 I 4to
Icelandic vellum manuscript fragment containing several Eddaic poemsWritten no date recorded -
Sigrdrífumál
poemWritten no date recorded
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Svipdagsmál
Old Norse poemWritten no date recorded -
Fáfnismál
Eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Oddrúnargrátr
poemWritten no date recorded -
Atlakviða
poem in the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Atlamál
poemWritten c. 12th century CE -
Hlöðskviða
Old Norse heroic poemWritten no date recorded -
Reginsmál
Eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Hamðismál
poem in the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Helreið Brynhildar
poemWritten no date recorded -
Brot af Sigurðarkviðu
fragmentary eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Grípisspá
eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Guðrúnarhvöt
eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Guðrúnarkviða II
probably the oldest poem of the Sigurd cycleWritten no date recorded -
Sigurðarkviða hin skamma
poemWritten no date recorded -
Dráp Niflunga
short prose section in the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Guðrúnarkviða III
poemWritten no date recorded
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