The Poetic Edda on Alviss
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attestation: Alviss is characterized by grimness in the verse.
"The Vafthruthnismol follows the Hovamol in the Codex Regius. From stanza 20 on it is also included in the Arnamagnæan Codex, the first part evidently having appeared on a leaf now lost. Snorri quotes eight"
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Alviss, Thrym.
"No better summary of the Alvissmol can be given than Gering's statement that "it is a versified chapter from the skaldic Poetics." The narrative skeleton, contained solely in stanzas 1–8 and in 35, is of"
attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Alviss.
"No better summary of the Alvissmol can be given than Gering's statement that "it is a versified chapter from the skaldic Poetics." The narrative skeleton, contained solely in stanzas 1–8 and in 35, is of"
attestation: Alviss is associated with the location Iceland.
"No better summary of the Alvissmol can be given than Gering's statement that "it is a versified chapter from the skaldic Poetics." The narrative skeleton, contained solely in stanzas 1–8 and in 35, is of"
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Alviss.
"No better summary of the Alvissmol can be given than Gering's statement that "it is a versified chapter from the skaldic Poetics." The narrative skeleton, contained solely in stanzas 1–8 and in 35, is of"
relationship: The stanza implies enmity between Alviss and Thrym.
"No better summary of the Alvissmol can be given than Gering's statement that "it is a versified chapter from the skaldic Poetics." The narrative skeleton, contained solely in stanzas 1–8 and in 35, is of"
relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Alviss and Thrym.
"No better summary of the Alvissmol can be given than Gering's statement that "it is a versified chapter from the skaldic Poetics." The narrative skeleton, contained solely in stanzas 1–8 and in 35, is of"