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Iceland: The wolf Fenrir holding Tyr's severed hand in its mouth. Ink on paper, Jakob Sigurdsson (1727-1779),1764. Arni Magnusson Institute, Reykjavik

The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
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Iceland: The wolf Fenrir holding Tyr's severed hand in its mouth. Ink on paper, Jakob Sigurdsson (1727-1779),1764. Arni Magnusson Institute, Reykjavik
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The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
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3800 x 4703 px | 51.1 MB
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32.2 x 39.8 cm | 12.7 x 15.7 in (300 dpi)
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ARNI MAGNUSSON INSTITUTE • ART • ARTS • CULT • FENRIR • GOD • GODS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORICAL IMAGES • HISTORICAL PICTURES • HISTORICAL • HISTORY IMAGES • HISTORY PICTURES • HISTORY • ICELAND • ICELANDIC • LEGEND • LEGENDS • LETTERS • LITERATURA • LITERATURE • LYRIC POETRY • LYRIC • MYTHOLOGY • MYTHS • NORSE GODS • NORSE MYTHOLOGY • NORSE RELIGION • NORSE • PAINT • PAINTING • POEM • POEMS • POESY • POETRY • RELIGION • REYKJAVÍK • RITE • RITUAL • SAGA • SAGAS • TYR • WATER • WRITER