The Old Norse noun óðr may be the origin of the theonym Óðinn ( Anglicized as Odin ), and it means " mind ", " soul " or " spirit " ( so used in stanza 18. 1 of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá ).

In the late Icelandic Eddas, Tyr is portrayed, alternately, as the son of Odin ( Prose Edda ) or of Hymir ( Poetic Edda ), while the origins of his name and his possible relationship to Tuisto ( see Tacitus ' Germania ) suggest he was once considered the father of the gods and head of the pantheon, since his name is ultimately cognate to that of * Dyeus ( cf.

* Thomas Cradock, an important colonial poet and local minister ( St. Thomas's ), buried at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery ( see David Curtis Skaggs, ed., The Poetic Writings of Thomas Cradock, 1718-1770 ( Newark: U Delaware Pr, 1983 ), 94n27 ).

Plutarch was another ancient author critical of the poet's self-indulgence, dismissing one poem ( see Fragment 1 in Poetic style below ) as " the utterances of intemperate people.

Close readings of major poems appear in David Lee Rubin, High Hidden Order: Design and Meaning in the Odes of Malherbe ( 1972 ), revisited in the appendix to the same author's The Knot of Artifice: A Poetic of the French Lyric in the Early 17th Century ( 1981 ); also see Chapter 1.

They often contain very old Germanic matter, such as the Hervarar saga and the Völsunga saga which contains poetry about Sigurd that did not find its way into the Poetic Edda and which would otherwise have been lost ( see the Great Lacuna ).

In the eddic poem ( see Poetic Edda ) Atlakvida, the word Niflungar is applied three times to the treasure ( arfr ) or hoard ( hodd ) of Gunnar ( the Norse counterpart of German Gunther ).

In traditional poetry, the césure cannot occur between two words that are syntactically linked ( such as a subject and its verb ), nor can it occur after an unelided mute e. ( For more on poetic meter, see Poetic meter.

Additionally, Hervor is the name of a valkyrie married by Völund in the Poetic Edda poem Völundarkviða, see Hervör alvitr.

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Other terms used to refer to the events surrounding Ragnarök in the Poetic Edda include aldar rök (" end of the world ") from stanza 39 of Vafþrúðnismál, tíva rök from stanzas 38 and 42 of Vafþrúðnismál, þá er regin deyja (" when the gods die ") from Vafþrúðnismál stanza 47, unz um rjúfask regin (" when the gods will be destroyed ") from Vafþrúðnismál stanza 52, Lokasenna stanza 41, and Sigrdrífumál stanza 19, aldar rof (" destruction of the world ") from Helgakviða Hundingsbana II stanza 41, regin þrjóta (" end of the gods ") from Hyndluljóð stanza 42, and, in the Prose Edda, þá er Muspellz-synir herja (" when the sons of Muspell move into battle ") can be found in chapters 18 and 36 of Gylfaginning.

In the second stanza of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, the völva ( a shamanic seeress ) reciting the poem to the god Odin says that she remembers far back to " early times ", being raised by jötnar, recalls nine worlds and " nine wood-ogresses " ( Old Norse nío ídiðiur ), and when Yggdrasil was a seed (" glorious tree of good measure, under the ground ").

In the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, the Æsir-Vanir War is described as officially starting when Odin throws a spear over the heads of an assembly of Vanir gods.

A myth reported as " Egyptian " in Gaius Julius Hyginus ' Poetic Astronomy that would seem to be invented to justify a connection of Pan with Capricorn says that when Aegipan — that is Pan in his goat-god aspect — was attacked by the monster Typhon, he dove into the Nile ; the parts above the water remained a goat, but those under the water transformed into a fish.

In the poem Vafþrúðnismál, collected in the Poetic Edda, the god Odin poses a question to the jötunn Vafþrúðnir, asking who among mankind will survive when the winter Fimbulvetr occurs.

According to stanzas 96-102 of the poem Hávamál from the Poetic Edda, Odin was told by the maiden to meet her after nightfall when it would be safest and she would give herself to him, but when Odin returned he found the path blocked by warriors with swords and burning torches.

The Malaysian music scene was dominated by these poppy-sounding groups until 1995-1996, when Poetic Ammo, composed of Yogi B, Point Blanc, C. Loco & Land Slyde, came out with their classic album It's a Nice Day to Be Alive.

According to stanza 37 of the poem Vafþrúðnismál from the Poetic Edda, he sits at the end of the world ( or the northern edge of the heavens ) and causes the wind to blow when he beats his wings in flight.

At age 18, on a college art class field trip to the newly-desegregated North Carolina Museum of Art, Barnes inquired where he could find “ paintings by Negro artists .” The docent responded, “ Your people don ’ t express themselves that way .” Poetic justice prevailed 22 years later in 1978 when Barnes returned to the museum for a solo exhibition, hosted by North Carolina Governor James Hunt.

The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda ; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and as Bifröst in the Prose Edda ; written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

In the Poetic Edda, the bridge is mentioned in the poems Grímnismál and Fáfnismál, where it is referred to as Bilröst.

In the Poetic Edda the tale of Baldr's death is referred to rather than recounted at length.

The Poetic epigram is also in the couplet form.

The Poetic Edda, also known as Sæmundar Edda or the Elder Edda, is a collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic medieval manuscript Codex Regius (" Royal Book ").

Along with the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most expansive source on Norse mythology.

Fenrir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

In both the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, Fenrir is the father of the wolves Sköll and Hati Hróðvitnisson, is a son of Loki, and is foretold to kill the god Odin during the events of Ragnarök, but will in turn be killed by Odin's son Víðarr.

The event is described primarily in the Poetic Edda.

In the Icelandic books the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr is presented as one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njörðr, brother of the goddess Freyja.

Freyja is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century ; in several Sagas of Icelanders ; in the short story Sörla þáttr ; in the poetry of skalds ; and into the modern age in Scandinavian folklore, as well as the name for Friday in many Germanic languages.

In the Poetic Edda, Freyja is mentioned or appears in the poems Völuspá Grímnismál, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Oddrúnargrátr, and Hyndluljóð.

In the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna 26, Frigg is said to be Fjörgyns mær (" Fjörgynn's maiden ").

The problem is that in Old Norse mær means both " daughter " and " wife ," so it is not fully clear if Fjörgynn is Frigg's father or another name for her husband Odin, but Snorri Sturluson interprets the line as meaning Frigg is Fjörgynn's daughter ( Skáldskaparmál 27 ), and most modern translators of the Poetic Edda follow Snorri.

Grímnismál ( Sayings of Grímnir ) is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda.

Heimdallr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material ; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; in the poetry of skalds ; and on an Old Norse runic inscription found in England.

In the Poetic Edda, Heimdallr is attested in six poems ; Völuspá, Grímnismál, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Rígsþula, and Hrafnagaldr Óðins.

Hel is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

In the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, and Heimskringla, Hel is referred to as a daughter of Loki, and to " go to Hel " is to die.

* The Poetic Function focuses on " the message for its own sake " and is the operative function in poetry as well as slogans.

Cesarotti also produced several prose works, including a Course of Greek Literature, and essays On the Origin and Progress of the Poetic Art, On the Sources of the Pleasure derived from Tragedy, On the Philosophy of Language and On the Philosophy of Taste, the last being a defence of his own great eccentricities in criticism.

During this period, Bernstein also published three more books of his own poetry, Parsing ( 1976 ), Shade ( 1978 ) and Poetic Justice ( 1979 ), while earning a living as a freelance medical writer.

Additionally, former Psychic TV member David Tibet ( né David Michael Bunting ) released a CD of Sveinbjörn performing his own rímur and reciting the traditional Poetic Edda under the title Current 93 presents Sveinbjörn ' Edda in two editions through the now defunct record company World Serpent Distribution.

Poetic justice is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct.

However, its most famous member was Helgi Hundingsbane who had two poems of his own ( Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II ), in the Poetic Edda, and whose story is also retold in the Völsunga saga.

Jesse continues to play in a variety of bands including Morella's Forest, Serene, Demon Hunter, and Dead Poetic ; as well as continue to record his own music.