Poetic Edda
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title:
Poetic Edda
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The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse. It is distinct from the closely related Prose Edda, although both works are seminal to the study of Old Norse poetry. Several versions of the Poetic Edda exist: especially notable is the medieval Icelandic manuscript Codex Regius, which contains 31 poems. The Codex Regius is arguably the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends. Since the
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Collection of Old Norse poems
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetic_Edda
date created:
2002-08-12T11:59:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T08:05:12Z
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