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The Poetic Edda by Carolyne Larrington is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Cover 1 Acknowledgements 6 Contents 8 Introduction 10 Note on the Translation 28 Select Bibliography 32 Main Genealogies of Giants, Gods, and Heroes 35 THE POETIC EDDA 38 The Seeress’s Prophecy 40 Sayings of the High One 50 Vafthrudnir’s Sayings 73 Grimnir’s Sayings 84 Skirnir’s Journey 94 Harbard’s Song 102 Hymir’s Poem 111 Loki’s Quarrel 117 Thrym’s Poem 130 The Poem of Volund 135 All-wise’s Sayings 142 The First Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani 147 The Poem of Helgi Hiorvardsson 156 A Second Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani 165 The Death of Sinfiotli 175 Gripir’s Prophecy 176 The Lay of Regin 184 The Lay of Fafnir 190 The Lay of Sigrdrifa 199 Fragment of a Poem about Sigurd 206 The First Poem of Gudrun 209 A Short Poem about Sigurd 214 Brynhild’s Ride to Hell 224 The Death of the Niflungs 227 The Second Poem of Gudrun 228 The Third Poem of Gudrun 234 Oddrun’s Lament 236 The Poem of Atli 241 The Greenlandic Lay of Atli 248 The Whetting of Gudrun 263 The Lay of Hamdir 267 Baldr’s Dreams 272 The List of Rig 275 The Song of Hyndla 282 The Song of Grotti 289 Groa’s Chant 293 The Sayings of Fiolsvinn 296 The Waking of Angantyr 305 Appendix: Hauksbók Text of The Seeress’s Prophecy 311 Explanatory
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- Author
- Carolyne Larrington
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.25 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14