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Exercise: Comparative Questions about the Quarrel of Queens and the Death of SigurdAn exercise with questions about the quarrel of queens and the death of Sigurd.
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (the curse)A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in…
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (opening lines)A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in…
Performance of extract from Atlakviða by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of SequentiaA short extract from a performance of the Eddic poemAtlakviða (sts. 15, 16 and 18)by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia, at the 'Old…
Performance of the opening strophe of 'Vǫluspá' by Hanna MartiThe opening stanza of a performance of the Eddic poem Vǫluspá by Hanna Marti of Sequentia, at the 'Old Norse Poetry in Performance' Conference…
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…
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…
Völuspá (The Song of the Sybil)A translation of the Old Norse Eddic poem Völuspá by W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor