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- Tags: Poetry
Vikings drank from the skulls of their enemies
Tags: Antiquarianism, Kennings, Misconceptions, Misunderstandings, Odin, Poetry, Skulls, Valhalla, Viking Age
Reading list for essay question on Thomas Gray's Norse sources
Thesis: 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry
Citation:
Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry (doctoral thesis).
Wiki: Heimskringla
Völuspá by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson
Blog: The Battle of Maldon
Bjarkamál in fornu
Performance: Hrafnagaldur Óðins (Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir)
According to the performer, Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir, who chants the poem in the…
Performance of the opening strophe of 'Vǫluspá' by Hanna Marti
Tags: Edda, Eddic Poetry, Instruments, Literature, Music, Mythology, Norse Myth, Old Norse, Performances, Poetry, Reconstruction, Songs, Videos, Völuspá
MOIRAI - Blood treasure, woven fates - Trailer
Performance of extract from Atlakviða by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia
Tags: Atlakviða, Edda, Eddic Poetry, Instruments, Legends, Literature, Music, Old Norse, Performances, Poetry, Reconstruction, Songs, Videos
Erfidrápa Óláfs helga (‘Memorial drápa for Óláfr inn helgi (S. Óláfr)’)
Tags: Poetry, Skaldic poetry, St Olaf, St Olav
Adelsö by Justin Quinn: a poem in The New Yorker
Tags: Commentary, Justin Quinn, Literature, Modern, Mythology, Norse Mythology, Poetry, Reception
Performance of the Battle of Maldon by Leofwin
Voluspa 1-4 Poetic Edda Recital in Old Norse with Throat Singing
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (the curse)
Tags: Edda, Eddic Poetry, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Old Norse, Performances, Poetry, Reading, Recitals, Reconstruction, Skírnismál, Videos
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (opening lines)
Tags: Edda, Eddic Poetry, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Old Norse, Performances, Poetry, Reading, Recitals, Reconstruction, Skírnismál, Videos
Triquetra - Illuminating York 2013 - Clifford’s Tower (Hyperlink)
For detailed notes on the history used in this work follow these…