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Poetic Edda
Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)
translation · medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.
The Poetic Edda
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Norse tradition
Runes are one historical script. They are letters before they are later occult tokens.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Rune belongs to Norse tradition.
The Poetic Edda’s Hávamál speaks of runes as something Odin won at a cost. The winning is a Norse poetic claim, not a Victorian rune-set.
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Hávamál has Odin hanging and taking up runes. The knowledge is a costly counsel, not Thoth’s scribal office.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Rune is associated with Knowledge.
In Old Norse a rún can be a secret or a piece of advice as well as a letter. The double job is the language’s, not a later occult alphabet.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Hávamál has Odin take up runes. The knowledge-cost is a Norse poetic claim alongside Snorri’s ravens.
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Brisingamen appears in Norse tradition.
Þrymskviða in the Poetic Edda makes Freyja’s Brísingamen the ransom-ornament of the hammer-theft. A named necklace of that poem, not Draupnir and not generic jewelry.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Andvaranaut appears in Norse tradition.
Reginsmál in the Poetic Edda tells Andvari’s cursed gold and ring. A named hoard-ring of that poem, not Draupnir the dripping ring and not the generic ring node.
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Laevateinn appears in Norse tradition.
Fjölsvinnsmál in the Poetic Edda names Lævateinn as a weapon that must be fetched. A named blade of that poem, not Gungnir and not Mjolnir.
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Gram appears in Norse tradition.
The Poetic Edda’s Fáfnir poems name Gram as the sword that cuts the dragon. A named Volsung blade in that verse, not Excalibur and not Kusanagi.
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Svalinn appears in Norse tradition.
Grímnismál in the Poetic Edda names Svalinn as the shield that stands before the sun. A named sky-shield in that poem, not chimalli, not aegis, and not a generic shield.
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Gambanteinn appears in Norse tradition.
The Poetic Edda names gambanteinn, the wand Skírnir takes in Skírnismál. A named stave in that poem-corpus, not Lævateinn and not a generic staff.
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