| Havamal: Saying of the High One Contributor(s): Padgett, David (Editor), Bray, Olive (Author) |
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ISBN: 1987554566 ISBN-13: 9781987554564 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Paganism & Neo-paganism |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.31 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: H vam l, (Old Norse: "Sayings of the High One Odin]") a heterogeneous collection of 164 stanzas of aphorisms, homely wisdom, counsels, and magic charms that are ascribed to the Norse god Odin. The work contains at least five separate fragments not originally discovered together and constitutes a portion of the Poetic Edda. Most of the poems are believed to have been composed in Norway in the 9th and 10th centuries.The collection begins with poetry concerning rules of social conduct. Of perhaps greater general interest are the myths about Odin's erotic affairs, especially his amorous adventure leading to the theft of the precious mead. In another poem, the Vaf r nism l ("Lay of Vaf r nir"), Odin engages in a contest of wits with Vaf r nir, an immensely wise giant. The poem, in the form of question and answer, tells of the cosmos, gods, giants, the beginning of the world, and its end. The latter part contains the strange myth of how Odin acquired the magical power of the runes (alphabetical characters) by hanging himself from a tree and suffering hunger and thirst for nine nights. The H vam l ends with a list of magic charms. |