Poetic Edda 2

What is Völuspá about?

A seeress's prophecy about creation and Ragnarök

What is Hávamál?

Odin's sayings about wisdom, ethics, and magic

What happens in Vafþrúðnismál?

Odin and a giant have a wisdom contest

What is revealed in Grímnismál?

Odin, disguised, shares cosmic secrets

What is Skírnismál about?

Freyr sends Skírnir to woo the giantess Gerðr

What’s the plot of Hárbarðsljóð?

Thor argues with a disguised Odin at a river

What happens in Hymiskviða?

Thor goes fishing for the world-serpent with a giant

What is Lokasenna?

Loki insults the gods at a feast

What’s the story of Þrymskviða?

Thor dresses as a bride to get his stolen hammer back

Who is the tragic figure in Völundarkviða?

Völundr, the betrayed smith who takes revenge

What is Alvíssmál?

Thor tricks a dwarf with endless questions until sunrise

Who is Helgi Hundingsbane?

A hero who defeats Hunding in two poems

What’s Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar about?

The origin story of Helgi, son of Hjörvarðr

What is Grípisspá?

Sigurd's fate is foretold by his uncle

What happens in Reginsmál?

Sigurd is trained and gets the sword Gram

What’s Fáfnismál?

Sigurd kills the dragon Fáfnir and gains wisdom

What is Sigrdrífumál?

Sigurd awakens Valkyrie Brynhild and learns magic

What is Brot af Sigurðarkviðu?

A surviving fragment of a longer Sigurd poem

What is Sigurðarkviða in skamma?

A short retelling of Sigurd’s life

What happens in Helreið Brynhildar?

Brynhild journeys to the underworld

What happens in Guðrúnarkviða I?

Gudrun mourns Sigurd’s death

What is Guðrúnarkviða II?

Gudrun recounts her life’s sorrows

What is Guðrúnarkviða III?

Gudrun proves her innocence through trial

What is Oddrúnargrátr?

Oddrún mourns doomed lovers

What is Atlakviða?

Atli kills Gudrun’s brothers; she takes revenge

What is Atlamál in grœnlenzku?

A longer, Greenlandic version of Atli’s betrayal

What is Guðrúnarhvöt?

Gudrun urges her sons to take revenge

What happens in Hamðismál?

Gudrun’s sons attack King Jörmunrek in revenge

What is Baldrs Draumar?

Odin seeks meaning in Balder’s dreams

What is Rígsþula?

The god Ríg creates the human social classes

What is Hyndluljóð?

Freyja asks Hyndla for genealogy records

What is Völuspá about?

A seeress's prophecy about creation and Ragnarök

What is Hávamál?

Odin's sayings about wisdom, ethics, and magic

What happens in Vafþrúðnismál?

Odin and a giant have a wisdom contest

What is revealed in Grímnismál?

Odin, disguised, shares cosmic secrets

What is Skírnismál about?

Freyr sends Skírnir to woo the giantess Gerðr

What’s the plot of Hárbarðsljóð?

Thor argues with a disguised Odin at a river

What happens in Hymiskviða?

Thor goes fishing for the world-serpent with a giant

What is Lokasenna?

Loki insults the gods at a feast

What’s the story of Þrymskviða?

Thor dresses as a bride to get his stolen hammer back

Who is the tragic figure in Völundarkviða?

Völundr, the betrayed smith who takes revenge

What is Alvíssmál?

Thor tricks a dwarf with endless questions until sunrise

Who is Helgi Hundingsbane?

A hero who defeats Hunding in two poems

What’s Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar about?

The origin story of Helgi, son of Hjörvarðr

What is Grípisspá?

Sigurd's fate is foretold by his uncle

What happens in Reginsmál?

Sigurd is trained and gets the sword Gram

What’s Fáfnismál?

Sigurd kills the dragon Fáfnir and gains wisdom

What is Sigrdrífumál?

Sigurd awakens Valkyrie Brynhild and learns magic

What is Brot af Sigurðarkviðu?

A surviving fragment of a longer Sigurd poem

What is Sigurðarkviða in skamma?

A short retelling of Sigurd’s life

What happens in Helreið Brynhildar?

Brynhild journeys to the underworld

What happens in Guðrúnarkviða I?

Gudrun mourns Sigurd’s death

What is Guðrúnarkviða II?

Gudrun recounts her life’s sorrows

What is Guðrúnarkviða III?

Gudrun proves her innocence through trial

What is Oddrúnargrátr?

Oddrún mourns doomed lovers

What is Atlakviða?

Atli kills Gudrun’s brothers; she takes revenge

What is Atlamál in grœnlenzku?

A longer, Greenlandic version of Atli’s betrayal

What is Guðrúnarhvöt?

Gudrun urges her sons to take revenge

What happens in Hamðismál?

Gudrun’s sons attack King Jörmunrek in revenge

What is Baldrs Draumar?

Odin seeks meaning in Balder’s dreams

What is Rígsþula?

The god Ríg creates the human social classes

What is Hyndluljóð?

Freyja asks Hyndla for genealogy records