![]() Nafnaþulur: Sigrdrífumál (also known as Brynhildarljóð) is the conventional title given to a section of the Poetic Edda text in Codex Regius. It constitutes one of the Helgi lays together with Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar. Helgakviða Hundingsbana II: “Völsungakviða in forna” or “Helgakviða Hundingsbana II” (“The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane”) is an Old Norse poem found in the Poetic Edda. It constitutes one of the Helgi lays, together with Helgakviða Hundingsbana II and Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar. Helgakviða Hundingsbana I: “Völsungakviða” or “Helgakviða Hundingsbana I” (“The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane”) is an Old Norse poem found in the Poetic Edda. The poem is preserved in its entirety and is widely considered to be of great beauty. This poem emulates Eiríksmál and is intended to depict the Christian Hákon as a friend to the pagan gods. Hákonarmál: Hákonarmál (Old Norse: ‘The Song of Hákon’) is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of the Norwegian king Hákon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla. Gylfaginning: Gylfaginning (Old Norse: ‘The Beguiling of Gylfi’ or ‘The Deluding of Gylfi’ is the first part of Snorri Sturluson’s 13th century Prose Edda after the Prologue. The poem is written mostly in the ljóðaháttr metre. Through an error, King Geirröth tortured Odin-as-Grímnir, a fatal mistake, since Odin caused him to fall upon his own sword. The very name suggests guise, or mask or hood. It is spoken through the voice of Grímnir, one of the many guises of the god Odin. It is preserved in the Codex Regius manuscript and the AM 748 I 4to fragment. Grímnismál: Grímnismál (Old Norse: ‘The Lay of Grímnir’) is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda. Of the twelve valkyries weaving, six of their names are given: Hildr, Hjörþrimul, Sanngriðr, Svipul, Guðr, and Göndul. The song consists of 11 stanzas, and within it twelve valkyries weave and choose who is to be slain at the Battle of Clontarf (fought outside Dublin in 1014). Grímnismál, Hákonarmál, Nafnaþulur, Völuspáĭarraðarljóð: Darraðarljóð is a skaldic poem in Old Norse found in chapter 157 of Njáls saga. Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II ![]() ![]() Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geiröluĭarraðarljóð, Gylfaginning, Nafnaþulur, Völuspáĭarraðarljóð, Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur, Völuspá ![]()
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