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    Hrafnagaldr Óðins ("Odin's raven-galdr") or Forspjallsljóð ("prelude poem") is an Icelandic poem in the style of the Poetic Edda. It is preserved only...
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    appears only in two extant sources: Gylfaginning and the much-debated Hrafnagaldr Óðins. Niflheim was primarily a realm of primordial ice and cold, with the...
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    Norse poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins ("Odin's Raven-galdr"), stanza 25. As the concept is only recorded in Gylfaginning and the late poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins, it is...
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    Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old...
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    included in some modern editions of the Poetic Edda, in the late poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins. Iðunn is introduced as Bragi's wife in the prose introduction to...
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  • Odin's Raven Magic is a 2002 orchestral setting to the Icelandic poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins. The composition was a collaboration by Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn...
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    Fjölsvinnsmál (Ballad of Fjölsvid, The Lay of Fjölsvid) Hrafnagaldr Óðins (Odins's Raven Song, Odin's Raven Chant). (A late work not included in most editions...
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    Heimdall (category Sons of Odin)
    poems; Völuspá, Grímnismál, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Rígsþula, and Hrafnagaldr Óðins. Heimdall is mentioned three times in Völuspá. In the first stanza...
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    "female relative" (nipt, "niece" or "daughter") of Nótt. In the poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins, the appearance of Dagr and his horse and chariot are described: The...
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  • with a list of names, including Dellingr. In a stanza of the poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins, the appearance of Dagr, horse, and chariot are described, and Dagr...
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