Of Runes And Sacrifice: The Initiation Ritual Of Odin in Norse Myth
(WorldNews Europe)

The total of the poetic, mythological and sapiential heritage of the ancient and early medieval Scandinavian tradition is contained in the texts canonically collected under the title of Edda. Within this title are usually indicated two distinct dramas: one written in prose by the great Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson (1170-1241 AD) around 1220 and therefore also known as Snorra Edda or Prose Edda , and the so-called Poetic Edda (Icelandic: Eddukvœdh), also compiled in Iceland by an anonymous author, or authors, around the middle of the same century. However, the original writing of the ritual of Odin poems originate from a much earlier period. The two epic collections, which also include the...