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Húsdrápa, a skaldic poem partially preserved in the Prose Edda, relates the story of the theft of Brísingamen by Loki.
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Húsdrápa and skaldic
The major sources for myths about Jörmungandr are the Prose Edda, the skaldic poem Húsdrápa, and the Eddic poems Hymiskviða and Völuspá.
Húsdrápa is a skaldic poem partially preserved in the Prose Edda where disjoint stanzas of it are quoted.
Húsdrápa and poem
The poem is often compared with Húsdrápa and Haustlöng, which also describe artworks depicting mythological scenes.
The story borrowed parts of Heimskringla, parts of the poem Lokasenna ( of Gefjon sleeping with a boy for a necklace ), parts of the Húsdrápa poem ( of Loki stealing Brisingamen ), and the eternal battle Hjaðningavíg.
The story parallels elements of earlier stories such as Heimskringla ( euhemerization of gods ), parts of the poem Lokasenna ( Loki's accusation of Gefjun sleeping with a boy for a necklace ), parts of the Húsdrápa poem ( Loki stealing the necklace Brísingamen ), and the eternal battle Hjaðningavíg ( various earlier sources ).
Húsdrápa and by
In addition, Sleipnir occurs twice in kennings for " ship " ( once appearing in chapter 25 in a work by the skald Refr, and " sea-Sleipnir " appearing in chapter 49 in Húsdrápa, a work by the 10th century skald Úlfr Uggason ).
In chapter 2, a quote is given from the work Húsdrápa by the 10th-century skald Úlfr Uggason.
Húsdrápa and .
John Lindow theorizes that Sleipnir's " connection to the world of the dead grants a special poignancy to one of the kennings in which Sleipnir turns up as a horse word ," referring to the skald Úlfr Uggason's usage of " sea-Sleipnir " in his Húsdrápa, which describes the funeral of Baldr.
Húsdrápa is often compared with Haustlöng and Ragnarsdrápa which also describe artworks depicting mythological scenes.
* Húsdrápa in Old Norse from « Kulturformidlingen norrøne tekster og kvad » Norway.
Haustlöng is often compared with Húsdrápa and Ragnarsdrápa which also describe artworks depicting mythological scenes.
skaldic and poem
The battle of Högni and Heðinn is recorded in several medieval sources, including the skaldic poem Ragnarsdrápa, Skáldskaparmál ( section 49 ), and Gesta Danorum: king Högni's daughter, Hildr, is kidnapped by king Heðinn.
In chapter 50, Hel is referenced (" to join the company of the quite monstrous wolf's sister ") in the skaldic poem Ragnarsdrápa.
The only contemporary sources mentioning him are the two skaldic poems Haraldskvæði and Glymdrápa, which have been attributed to Þorbjörn Hornklofi or alternatively ( in the case of the first poem ) to Þjóðólfr of Hvinir.
While the various sagas name anywhere from 11 to 20 sons of Harald in various contexts, the contemporary skaldic poem Hákonarmál says that Harald's son Haakon only would meet " eight brothers " when arriving to Valhalla.
Hlín appears in a poem in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in kennings found in skaldic poetry.
The fragmentary skaldic poem Hrafnsmál ( generally accepted as authored by 9th-century Norwegian skald Þorbjörn Hornklofi ) features a conversation between a valkyrie and a raven, largely consisting of the life and deeds of Harald I of Norway.
In the skaldic poem Hákonarmál ( stanza 14 ) Hermóðr and Bragi appear in Valhalla receiving Hákon the Good.
His most notable misdeed was the kidnapping of the goddess Iðunn, which is related in both the Prose Edda and the skaldic poem Haustlöng.
The earliest surviving reference to the term " berserker " is in Haraldskvæði, a skaldic poem composed by Thórbiörn Hornklofi in the late 9th century in honour of King Harald Fairhair, as ulfheðnar (" men clad in wolf skins ").
Hákonarmál is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of king Haakon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla.
The Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, which was composed sometime between the 8th century and the 11th century, is beside the Norwegian skaldic poem Ynglingatal ( 9th century ) the oldest source that mentions Eadgils.
Þórsdrápa ( Thorsdrapa, Lay of Thor ) is a skaldic poem by Eilífr Goðrúnarson, a poet in the service of Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson.
As with many figures in the sagas, doubts have been cast on his existence, but he is mentioned in a roughly contemporary skaldic poem about the battle.
Gudrød is mentioned in the skaldic poem Ynglingatal, and Snorri Sturluson elaborates on Gudrød's story in Heimskringla.
Ragnvald is mentioned in the skaldic poem Austrfaravísur, ascribed to Sigvatr Þórðarson, skald of King Olaf Haraldsson of Norway ( Olaf the Holy ), who had been on a diplomatic mission to Sweden.
He is also credited with another skaldic poem, Haustlöng.
For example, the late-9th-century skaldic poem, Ragnarsdrapa, describes some shields painted with mythological scenes.
Hákonarmál is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of the Norwegian king Hákon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla.
Eiríksmál is a skaldic poem composed sometime in 954 or later on the behest of the Norwegian queen Gunnhild in honour of her slain consort Erik Bloodaxe.
Although classified here as skaldic since it deals with a historical figure the poem is actually anonymous and in the simple fornyrðislag meter, rather than ornate dróttkvætt.
Ragnarsdrápa is a skaldic poem said to have been composed in honour of the Scandinavian hero, Ragnar Lodbrok, but likely actually addressed to some later Ragnar.
Darraðarljóð is a skaldic poem in Old Norse found in chapter 156 of Njáls saga.
skaldic and preserved
While historians value contemporary skaldic poetry highly as the most accurate source available, it must be remembered that the poems are not preserved independently but as quotations in the kings ' sagas.
The Norwegian Rune Poem is preserved in skaldic metre, featuring the first line exhibiting a "( rune name )( copula ) X " pattern, followed by a second rhyming line providing information somehow relating to its subject.
It contains a vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the twelfth centuries, from the career of Halfdan the Black to the Battle of Re ( 1177 ), and includes extensive citation of skaldic verses, some of them preserved nowhere else.
skaldic and Prose
Fulla is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in skaldic poetry.
Eir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in skaldic poetry, including a runic inscription from Bergen, Norway from around 1300.
Vör is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and twice in kennings employed in skaldic poetry.
Skáldskaparmál ( Old Icelandic " the language of poetry ") is the third section of the Prose Edda, and consists of a dialogue between Ægir, a god associated with the sea, and Bragi, a skaldic god, in which both Nordic mythology and discourse on the nature of poetry are intertwined.
Vár is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and kennings found in skaldic poetry and a runic inscription.
In both sources, she is described as the wife of the skaldic god Bragi, and in the Prose Edda, also as a keeper of apples and granter of eternal youthfulness.
Lofn is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson and in kennings found in skaldic poetry.
Syn is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in kennings employed in skaldic poetry.
Only three gods, Thor, Baldur, and Váli / Bous, are explicitly identified as sons of Odin in the Eddic poems, in the skaldic poems, in Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum, and in the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda.
Sjöfn is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in three kennings employed in skaldic poetry.
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