The poetic EddaFront matterHenry Adams Bellows translationChapter navigation42 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE POETIC EDDACONTENTS1ACKNOWLEDGEMENTGENERAL INTRODUCTIONThe Wise-Woman’s ProphecyThe Ballad of the High OneThe Ballad of VafthruthnirThe Ballad of GrimnirThe Ballad of SkirnirThe Poem of HarbarthThe Lay of HymirLoki’s WranglingThe Lay of ThrymThe Ballad of AlvisBaldr’s DreamsThe Song of RigThe Poem of HyndlaThe Ballad of SvipdagThe Lay of VölundThe Lay of Helgi the Son of HjorvarthThe First Lay of Helgi HundingsbaneThe Second Lay of Helgi HundingsbaneOf Sinfjotli’s DeathGripir’s ProphecyThe Ballad of ReginThe Ballad of FafnirThe Ballad of The Victory-BringerFragment of a Sigurth LayThe First Lay of GuthrunThe Short Lay of SigurthBrynhild’s Hell-RideThe Slaying of The NiflungsThe Second, or Old, Lay of GuthrunThe Third Lay of GuthrunThe Lament of OddrunThe Greenland Lay of AtliThe Greenland Ballad of AtliGuthrun’s IncitingThe Ballad of HamtherPRONOUNCING INDEX OF PROPER NAMESPRONOUNCING INDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE POETIC EDDAAll chapters and sections (42)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE POETIC EDDACONTENTS1ACKNOWLEDGEMENTGENERAL INTRODUCTIONVolume 1 · Other sectionsThe Wise-Woman’s ProphecyThe Ballad of the High OneThe Ballad of VafthruthnirThe Ballad of GrimnirThe Ballad of SkirnirThe Poem of HarbarthThe Lay of HymirLoki’s WranglingThe Lay of ThrymThe Ballad of AlvisBaldr’s DreamsThe Song of RigThe Poem of HyndlaThe Ballad of SvipdagVolume 2 · Other sectionsThe Lay of VölundThe Lay of Helgi the Son of HjorvarthThe First Lay of Helgi HundingsbaneThe Second Lay of Helgi HundingsbaneOf Sinfjotli’s DeathGripir’s ProphecyThe Ballad of ReginThe Ballad of FafnirThe Ballad of The Victory-BringerFragment of a Sigurth LayThe First Lay of GuthrunThe Short Lay of SigurthBrynhild’s Hell-RideThe Slaying of The NiflungsThe Second, or Old, Lay of GuthrunThe Third Lay of GuthrunThe Lament of OddrunThe Greenland Lay of AtliThe Greenland Ballad of AtliGuthrun’s IncitingThe Ballad of HamtherPRONOUNCING INDEX OF PROPER NAMESPRONOUNCING INDEXNewly Designed Front Cover.A PAGE FROM THE CODEX REGIUS COMPRISING VERSES 31 TO 45 OF THE VOLUSPOA PAGE FROM THE CODEX REGIUS COMPRISING VERSES 31 TO 45 OF THE VOLUSPO◇THE POETIC EDDA →