Poetic Edda is composed of 29 poems, contained in a famous manuscript known as the
Codex Regius N. 2365 (which has for centuries been the property of the Copenhagen University). And the first two texts of the collection the
Völospá and the
Havamál are particularly relevant for the image of Odin as a god of secret knowledge , and consequently master of the art of poetry .
Odin throws a spear at the Vanir host in the Norse Æsir-Vanir war of gods. (Lorenz Frølich /
)
The exegesis and translation of these texts has always been subjected to many problems of interpretation, considering the profoundly obscure and hermetic linguistic expressions that characterizes this poetic tradition. The
Swedish Prosecutor General Seeks to Equate Age-Old Nordic Rune With Swastika
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Runes are a set of related scripts predating the adoption of the Latin alphabet and Christianity and used by Germanic and Scandinavian tribes in the early Middle Ages. Today, they remain in use for aesthetic and symbolic purposes.
Swedish Prosecutor General Petra Lundh wants the historic Tyr rune to be equated with the swastika over its present-day use and covert Nazi messaging, national broadcaster SVT reported.
The background is that the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) uses the Tyr rune, dating back to the early Germanic period, as their symbol. Both a district court and court of appeal have previously rejected the sign being regarded as incitement against ethnic groups, and a number of Swedish organisations for Old Norse heritage have also cri