Showing posts with label Edda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edda. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2012

What did Old Norse sound like?

Readings by Jackson Crawford of UCLA from Völuspá, Hávamál, and Grímnismál. For further inforamtion, visit  his blog.




Thursday, September 15, 2011

Wikipedia entry for today: High, Just-As-High, and Third

High, Just-As-High, and Third converse with
Gangleri on an 18th century Icelandic manuscript.
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
High, Just-As-High, and Third (Old Norse Hár, Jafnhár, and Þriðji, respectively) are three men that respond to questions posed by Gangleri (described as king Gylfi in disguise) in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning ("The Tricking of Gylfi"). Read the full article at Wikipedia.