The Prose Edda on Poetic Edda
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > Introduction.
attestation: The Elder Edda's mythological portion was first translated to English by A. S. Cottle in Bristol in 1797
"The purely mythological portion of the Elder Edda was translated and published by A. S. Cottle, in Bristol, in 1797"
attestation: In the Elder Edda itself, the word 'Edda' means 'great-grandmother'
"others adopt the meaning which the word has where it is actually used in the Elder Edda, and where it means great-grandmother"
comparison: The Elder Edda presents the Odinic faith in poetic lays while the Younger Edda is mainly prose
"The Elder Edda is poetry, while the Younger Edda is mainly prose"