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59Poetic Edda Voluspá Discussion I:XVII-XVIII
Voluspá Discussion I:XVII-XVIII XVIITo the coast then came, kind and mighty,from the gathered gods three great Æsir;on the land they found, of little strength,Ask and Embla, ...
0 comments59Voluspá Discussion XXIV - XXVI
Voluspá Discussion XXIV - XXVI XXIVHis spear had Othin sped o'er the host:the first of feuds was thus fought in the world;was broken in battle the breastwork of...
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53Poetic Edda Voluspá Discussion I:III-V
Voluspá Discussion I:III-V In earliest times did Ymir live:was nor sea nor land nor salty waves,neither earth was there nor upper heaven,but a gaping nothing, and green things nowhere. We begin...
2 comments47The Poetic Edda
Edda Discussions Intro First, to be clear, this is not intended to be a scholarly discussion. It is simply my desire to read and attempt to understand the topic of discussion. It is opinion and personal...
3 comments67Voluspá Discussion IXX-XX
Voluspá Discussion IXX:XXDon't mind the naming and formatting changes. I'll get something I like worked out eventually. IXXAn ash I know, hight Yggdrasil,the mighty tree moist with...
0 comments67Poetic Edda Voluspá Discussion I:VI-VIII
Voluspá Discussion I:VI-IIX VI Then Gathered together the gods for counsel, to holy hosts, and held converse; to night and new moon their names they gave,the morning...
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63Poetic Edda Voluspa Discussion I:I-II
Voluspá Discussion I:I-II Hear me, all ye hallowed beings,both high and low of Heimdall's children:thou wilt, Valfather, that I well set forththe fates of the world which as first I recall. First, a...
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71Voluspá Discussion XXI-XXIII
Voluspá Discussion XXI-XXIII XXII ween the first war in the world was this,when the gods Gullveig gashed with their spears,and in the hall of Hár burned...
0 comments63Voluspá Discussion XXVII - IXXX
The next several stanzas seem to be another shift in the story. Stanza 27 seems, to me, to be a somewhat awkward transition from the seeress telling the story of the first war to a one on one conversation between her and Odin. XXVIIWhere Heimdall's...
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