The High One’s Sayings (Hávamál) Hoaxes & Deceptions mysterious forest and a missing

mysterious forest and a missing manuscript are dealt with here with care and sympathy

ISBN 9789979654469

superstition and culture of Icelandic society of old

Úlfar Bragason & Höskuldur Þráinsson

The High One’s Sayings (Hávamál) Hoaxes & Deceptions mysterious forest and a missingThe poem Hvaml is preserved in a 13th century manuscript known as the Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda. It contains timeless wisdom and practical advice for living and proper conduct. Together with Voluspa, Hvaml is one of the most famous and often quoted of all Eddic poems, and a pillar of medieval Icelandic culture. Hvaml is presented in a new translation by scholar Emily Lethbridge. The Icelandic text is printed alongside the English for reference,