The Poetic Edda on Heithrun

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

• attestation: The stanza describes feasting or drinking involving Heithrun.

  "25. Heithrun is the goat | who stands by Heerfather's hall, And the branches of Lærath she bites; The pitcher she fills | with the fair, clear mead, Ne'er fails the foaming drink."

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Heithrun is the she-goat who lives on the twigs of the tree Laerath and daily gives mead sufficient for all the heroes in Valhall.

  "Heithrun: the she-goat who lives on the twigs of the tree Lærath (presumably the ash Yggdrasil), and daily gives mead which, like the boar's flesh, suffices for all the heroes in Valhall."

The > Volume I > Fragment Of "The Short Voluspo"

• attestation: Heithrun is characterized by nobility in the verse.

  "47. "Hence shalt thou fare, | for fain would I sleep, From me thou gettest | few favors good; My noble one, out | in the night thou leapest As Heithrun goes | the goats among."