Of Runes And Sacrifice: The Initiation Ritual Of Odin in Norse Myth
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 interpreta...