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1895 Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908) |
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Den Ældre Eddas Gudesange
by Karl Gjellerup
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The swastika symbol features prominently in this artwork. Drawn three decades before the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany, the swastika is used here as an ancient pagan sun-wheel without racist or anti-Semitic connotations. |
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| Hávamál | |
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| The Guests' Wisdom |
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 Odin and Billing's Daughter |
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Odin and Gunnlöd |
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 Odin's Self-Sacrifice  |
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| Harbarðsljóð | |
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| "Who is that Churl of Churls
who cries across the water?" |
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 "I fought with Hrungnir" |
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"Keep on the left hand way until you reach Verland!" |
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 Odin on Sleipnir |
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| Þrymskviða | |
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| The hammer was stolen
while Thor slept |
"Hear Now Loki! The As' hammer is stolen!" |
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 Loki flies in Freyja's falcon guise |
| "I would lend it to
thee, were it made of gold." |
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 The Loki Laufey's son said, "I will go with you as a servant, we two shall drive to Jötunheim" |
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| "Why are her looks so piercing?
Methinks fire burns in her eyes!" |
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| Hymiskviða | |
 "You shall give the Aesir a feast!" |
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 "I expect you will obtain bait from an ox!" |
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 "With his hammer, he struck the foul monster's head" |
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 From the east he saw coming, a troop of many-headed giants |
| "Strike at the head of
Hymir...it is stronger than any cup!" |
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 Thor's goat lamed in one leg |
| He slew all the
Mountain-Giants who had persued him with Hymir |
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