Poetic Edda

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Old Norse poetry collection medieval literary work primary source for Norse mythology

The Poetic Edda is a medieval Icelandic collection of anonymous Old Norse poems that preserves many of the central myths, heroic legends, and cosmological beliefs of Norse mythology.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Norse poetry collection → medieval literary work → primary source for Norse mythology →
alsoPreservedIn	AM 748 I 4to →
author	anonymous →
basedOn	oral tradition →
contains	Atlakviða → Atlamál in grœnlenzku → Baldrs draumar → Grímnismál → Guðrúnarkviða → Hamðismál → Helgakviða Hundingsbana I → Helgakviða Hundingsbana II → Hávamál → Lokasenna → Sigurðarkviða → Skírnismál → Vafþrúðnismál → Völuspá → Þrymskviða →
countryOfOrigin	Iceland →
dateOfComposition	13th century →
distinguishedFrom	Skaldic poetry →
earlierOralMaterialFrom	10th century → 11th century → 9th century →
genre	Eddic poetry → epic poetry → heroic poetry → mythological poetry →
hasForm	alliterative verse →
influenced	J. R. R. Tolkien → Richard Wagner → modern fantasy literature →
language	Old Norse →
mainSubject	Germanic heroic legend → Norse mythology → Ragnarök → cosmology → gods and goddesses →
meter	fornyrðislag → ljóðaháttr → málaháttr →
preservedIn	Codex Regius →
relatedWork	Prose Edda →
studiedIn	Old Norse studies → comparative mythology → medieval studies →
timePeriod	Middle Ages →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aesir–Vanir War → Aesir–Vanir War ("Völuspá") → Hel → Nine Worlds → Ragnarok →	describedIn
Asgard → Gjallarhorn → Jotunheim → Vanaheim → Yggdrasil →	mentionedIn
Valkyries →	appearIn
Tyr →	appearsIn
Muspelheim →	appearsInSource
Thor →	attestedIn
Prose Edda →	distinguishedFrom
Old Norse phonology ("Eddic poetry") →	documentedIn
Old Icelandic →	hasCanonicalText
Norse mythology →	hasSource
Loki ("Lokasenna (Loki’s flyting)") →	knownForMyth
Loki →	primarySources
Prose Edda →	relatedWork
Freyr →	sourceMention
Odin →	sourceText
Baldr →	subjectOf
Icelanders ("Eddas") →	traditionalLiterature
Old Icelandic ("Eddic poetry") →	usedIn