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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Poetic Edda canonical 134
Eddic poetry 3
Eddas 1

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 I ⓘ
surface form: 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 Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
mainSubject Germanic heroic legend ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
Ragnarok ⓘ
surface form: 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 (143)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse mythology → hasSource → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Icelanders → traditionalLiterature → Poetic Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eddas
Odin → sourceText → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Thor → attestedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Old Norse phonology → documentedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eddic poetry
Hel → describedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
valkyries → appearIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
subject surface form: Valkyries
Aesir–Vanir War → describedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Aesir–Vanir War → describedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Völuspá
Asgard → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Yggdrasil → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Nine Worlds → describedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Loki → knownForMyth → Poetic Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lokasenna (Loki’s flyting)
Loki → primarySources → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Jotunheim → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda → relatedWork → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda → distinguishedFrom → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Freyr → sourceMention → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Ragnarok → describedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Vanaheim → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Tyr → appearsIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Baldr → subjectOf → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Muspelheim → appearsInSource → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Gjallarhorn → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Old Icelandic → usedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eddic poetry
Old Icelandic → hasCanonicalText → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Frigg → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Jormungandr → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Helheim → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Njord → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Alfheim → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Sif → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Fenrir → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Svartalfheim → mythologicalTradition → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Idunn → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Bragi → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Midgard → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Skadi → appearsIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Aesir → mythologicalSource → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Ullr → attestedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Vanir → source → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Bifrost → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Mjolnir → depictedInSource → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Gungnir → appearsIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Old Norse literature → majorWork → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Norse god Thor → attestedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
subject surface form: Thor
Der Ring des Nibelungen → influencedBy → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Götterdämmerung → basedOn → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Frost Giants → appearsInWork → Poetic Edda ⓘ
Valhalla → mentionedIn → Poetic Edda ⓘ