Family interactions in Old Norse myth and legend were often fraught, competitive, even violent as well as loving, protective and supportive. Focusing particu.
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