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The Norse Mead of Poetry

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Title: The Norse Mead of Poetry

Caption: According to Norse mythology, Odin, disguised as a farmhand named Bolverk, gave the drill called Rati to Baugi, the farmer, to drill a hole in the mountain where the Poetic Mead was hidden. Odin then became a snake, slipped inside the hole, and stole the mead, which he eventually dispensed among the gods and men gifted in poetry. Illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript.

Category: History: Ancient

Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library

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Image size: 2959 × 3833 px | 32.4 MB

Print size: 25.1 × 32.5 cm | 1165.0 × 1509.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1700S • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH CENTURY. • 18TH • ART • ARTFORM: ICON • BAUGI • BOLVERK • BOOK • CULTURAL • CULTURE • DEITIES • DEITY • DRILL • GOD • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: ANCIENT • ICELAND ART • ICELANDIC ART • ICON • ICONOGRAPHY • ILLUMINATION • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • MALE • MAN • MANUSCRIPT • MEAD • MEN • MOUNTAIN • MYTH • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NORDIC MYTHOLOGY • NORSE MYTHOLOGY • ODIN • POETRY • RATI • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY • XVIII CENTURY