Hrafnsmál
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Editions and translations
- Borrow, George (Trans.) (1862). Once A Week: An Illustrated Miscellany of Literature, Art, Science &Popular Information. Vol. VII. June to December, 1862. London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. Entitled Harald Harfagr. Features an illustration by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys.
- Kershaw, Nora (1922). Anglo-Saxon and Norse Poems. Cambridge at the University Press.
- Hollander, Lee Milton (1980). Old Norse Poems: The Most Important Nonskaldic Verse Not Included in the Poetic Edda. Forgotten Books. Template:ISBN
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See also
- Huginn and Muninn, the ravens of the god Odin
- Valravn, a supernatural "raven of the slain" appearing in 19th century Danish folk songs
Notes
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- ↑ Orchard (1997:89).
- ↑ Hollander (1980:54).
- ↑ R. D. Fulk 2012, ‘(Introduction to) Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál)’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 91.
- ↑ Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1976c. ‘Kongsskalden frå Kvinesdal og diktninga hans’. In Try 1976, 7-31.
- ↑ Reichardt, Konstantin. 1926. ‘Der Dichter der Atlakviða’. ANF 42, 323-6.
- ↑ Genzmer, Felix. 1926. ‘Der Dichter der Atlakviða’. ANF 42, 97-134.
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References
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- Hollander, Lee Milton (1980). Old Norse Poems: The Most Important Nonskaldic Verse Not Included in the Poetic Edda. Forgotten Books. Template:ISBN
- Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. Template:ISBN
External links
- Hrafnsmál from heimskringla.no