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A treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture

Table of Contents

• General Introduction
• The Prophecy of the Seeress: Voluspá
• The Sayings of Hár: Hávamál
• The Lay of Vafthrúthnir: Vafthrúthnismál
• The Lay of Grímnir: Grímnismál
• The Lay of Skírnir: Skírnismál
• The Lay of Hárbarth: Hárbarzljóth
• The Lay of Hymir: Hymiskvitha
• The Flyting of Loki: Lokasenna
• The Lay of Thrym: Thrymskvitha
• The Lay of Alviís: Alvíssmál
• Baldr's Dreams: Baldrs draumar
• The Lay of Ríg: Rígsthula
• The Lay of Hyndla: Hyndluljóth
• The Short Seeress' Prophecy: Voluspá hin skamma
• The Lay of Svipdag: Svipdagsmál
  • The Spell of Gróa: Grógaldr
  • The Lay of Fjolsvith: Fjolsvinnsmál
• The Lay of Grotti: Grottasongr
• The Lay of Volund: Volundarkvitha
• The Helgi Lays
  • The Lay of Helgi Hjorvarthsson: Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar
  • The First Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I
  • The Second Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II
• Sinfjotli's Death: Frá dautha Sinfjotla
• The Prophecy of Grípir: Grípisspá
• The Lay of Regin: Reginsmál
• The Lay of Fáfnir: Fáfnismál
• The Lay of Sigrdrífa: Sigrdrífumál
• The Great Lacuna
• Fragment of a Sigurth Lay: Brot of Sigurtharkvithu
• The First Lay of Guthrún: Guthrúnarkvitha I
• The Short Lay of Sigurth: Sigurtharkvitha hin skamma
• Brynhild's Ride to Hel: Helreith Brynhildar
• The Fall of the Niflungs: Dráp Niflunga
• The Second (or Old) Lay of Guthrun: Guthrúnarkvitha II (hin forna)
• The Third Lay of Guthrun: Guthrúnarkvitha III
• The Plaint of Oddrún: Oddrúnargrátr
• The Lay of Atli: Atlakvitha .
• The Greenlandish Lay of Atli: Atlamál hin groenlenzku
• Guthrun's Lament: Guthrúnarhvat
• The Lay of Hamthir: Hamthismál (hin fornu)
• The Catalogue of Dwarfs: (Dvergatal)
• Guide to Pronunciation
• Glossary
• Selected Bibliography
• Index and List of Names

About the Author

Lee M. Hollander was Professor Emeritus of Germanic Languages at the University of Texas at Austin and an authority in Nordic language and literature. His translations of the best prose and poetry of the Old North-— among them Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway and The Saga of the Jom'svikings—have also appered under the imprint of the University of Texas Press.

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