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Frieze: Deer grazing on YggdrasillDeer grazing on Yggdrasill' is a frieze by Dagfin Werenskiold that is displayed outside Oslo City Hall together with eleven other friezes of his. The…
Frieze: The Warning about RagnarokThe Warning about Ragnarok' is a frieze by Dagfin Werenskiold that is displayed outside Oslo City Hall together with eleven other friezes of his. The…
Frieze: The Eagle in YggdrasillThe Eagle in Yggdrasill' is a frieze by Dagfin Werenskiold that is displayed outside Oslo City Hall together with eleven other friezes of his. The…
Frieze: Volund the Smith has Thoughts of RevengeVolund has thoughts of revenge' is a frieze by Dagfin Werenskiold that is displayed outside Oslo City Hall together with eleven other friezes of his.…
Frieze: The Swan MaidensThe Swan Maidens' is a frieze by Dagfin Werenskiold that is displayed outside Oslo City Hall together with eleven other friezes of his. The friezes…
Edition and Translation: Anon., 'Loki’s Truth-Game'An edition and translation of the Eddic poemLokasenna ('Loki’s Truth-Game') by Richard North. The edition and translation is excerpted fromThe…
Vølund SmedA statue of Vølund / Wayland / Völundr the smith. It was made in 1873 by Stephan Sinding. Völundr is the protagonist of Völundarkviða in the Poetic…
Thesis: 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetrySchorn's thesis on Old Norse wisdom poetry. The thesis is downloadable at the link for this item.
Citation:
Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his…
Germanic Mythology: Texts, Translations, ScholarshipA website with translations and texts relating to Old Norse literature and Norse mythology. The website primarily links to other websites, but it does…
Hávamál: The Wisdom of Odin (Totally Awesome History)In this episode we take a look at the "Hávamál": a text written as part of the Poetic Edda in late 13th Century Iceland. Hávamál means "the Words of…
Voluspa 1-4 Poetic Edda Recital in Old Norse with Throat SingingRecital in Old Norse from the original Edda text, Voluspa (The Sibyls Prophecy or Divination of the Witch), a Heathen, Viking Age, Old Norse Poem on…
AtlakviðaÞetta er sagan af græðgi, sorg, ást og SPRENGINGUM!
AtlakviðaA modern interpretation of Atlakviða as a silent movie.
Námsefni ÍSL 303
Völuspá by Sveinbjörn BeinteinssonThis is the opening poem of the Poetic Edda, chanted in a style influenced by rímur tradition by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, allsherjargoði (very roughly…
Völuspá: Introduction and Readings (Old Norse & English)Völuspá is one of the most important poems in the Poetic Edda, and the most well-known account of the beginning and end of the world (Ragnarok) in…