Norse EDDAS VÖLUSPÂ. the VALA's PROPHECY
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Norse EDDAS Table of Contents 1. VÖLUSPÂ. THE VALA'S PROPHECY. VÖLUSPÂ. THE VALA'S 2. THE LAY OF VAFTHRUDNIR. PROPHECY. 3. THE LAY OF GRIMNIR. 1. For silence I pray all 4. BALDR’S DREAMS. sacred children, great and small, sons of Heimdall, 5. THE HIGH ONE'S LAY. they will that I Valfather's 6. ODIN’S RUNE-SONG. deeds recount, men's ancient saws, those that I 7. THE LAY OF HYMIR. best remember. 2. The Jötuns I remember 8. THE LAY OF THRYM early born, those who me 9. OEGIR’S COMPOTATION of old have reared. I nine worlds remember, nine 10. THE LAY OF FIOLSVITH. trees, the great central 11. THE LAY OF HYNDLA. tree, beneath the earth. 3. There was in times of 12. THE INCANTATION OF old, where Ymir dwelt, GROA. nor sand nor sea, nor 13. THE SONG OF THE SUN. gelid waves; earth existed not, nor heaven 14. THE LAY OF VOLUND. above, 'twas a chaotic chasm, and grass nowhere. 7. The Æsir met on Ida's 4. Before Bur's sons raised plain; they altar-steads up heaven's vault, they who and temples high the noble mid-earth shaped. constructed; their The sun shone from the strength they proved, all south over the structure's things tried, furnaces rocks: then was the earth established, precious begrown with herbage things forged, formed green. tongs, and fabricated 5. The sun from the south, tools; the moon's companion, her 8. At tables played at right hand cast about the home; joyous they were; heavenly horses. The sun to them was naught the knew not where she a want of gold, until there dwelling had, the moon came Thurs-maidens knew not what power he three, all powerful, from possessed, the stars knew Jötunheim. not where they had a statio 9. Then went all the n. powers to their 6. Then went the powers all judgment-seats, the all- to their judgment-seats, the holy gods, and thereon all-holy gods, and thereon held council, who should held council: to night and of the dwarfs the race to the waning moon gave create, from the sea- names; morn they named, giant's blood and livid and mid-day, afternoon and bones. eve, whereby to reckon 10. Then was Môtsognir years. created greatest of all the dwarfs, and Durin second; there in man's earth's foundation, to likeness they created many Iora's plains. dwarfs from earth, as Durin 15. There were Draupnir, said. and Dôlgthrasir, Hâr, 11. Nýi and Nidi, Nordri Haugspori, Hlævang, and Sudri, Austri and Glôi, Skirvir, Virvir, Vestri, Althiôf, Dvalin Nâr Skafid, Ai, Alf and and Nâin, Niping, Dain, Yngvi, Eikinskialdi, Bivör, Bavör, Bömbur, 16. Fialar and Frosti, Nori, An and Anar, Ai, Finn and Ginnar, Heri, Miodvitnir, Höggstari, Hliôdôlf, 12. Veig and Gandâlf, Moin: that above shall, Vindâlf, Thrain, Thekk and while mortals live, the Thorin, Thrôr, Vitr, and progeny of Lofar, Litr, Nûr and Nýrâd, Regin accounted be. and Râdsvid. Now of the 17. Until there came dwarfs I have rightly told. three mighty and 13. Fili, Kili, Fundin, Nali, benevolent Æsir to the Hepti, Vili, Hanar, Svior, world from their Billing, Bruni, Bild, Bûri, assembly. They found on Frâr, Hornbori, Fræg and earth, nearly powerless, Lôni, Aurvang, Iari, Ask and Embla, void of Eikinskialdi. destiny. 14. Time 'tis of the dwarfs 18. Spirit they possessed in Dvalin's band, to the not, sense they had not, sons of men, to Lofar up to blood nor motive powers, reckon, those who came nor goodly colour. Spirit forth from the world's rock, gave Odin, sense gave Hoenir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour. pledge. Understand ye 19. I know an ash standing yet, or what? Yggdrasil hight, a lofty 23. The chief of hosts tree, laved with limpid gave her rings and water: thence come the necklace, useful dews into the dales that discourse, and a divining fall; ever stands it green spirit: wide and far she over Urd's fountain. saw o'er every world. 20. Thence come maidens, 24. She the Valkyriur saw much knowing, three from from afar coming, ready the hall, which under that to ride to the god's tree stands; Urd hight the people: Skuld held a one, the second Verdandi, shield, Skögul was —on a tablet they graved— second, then Gunn, Hild Skuld the third. Laws they Göndul, and Geirskögul. established, life allotted to Now are enumerated the sons of men; destinies Herian's maidens, the pronounced. Valkyriur, ready over the 21. Alone she sat without, earth to ride. when came that ancient 25. She that war dread Æsir's prince; and in remembers, the first on his eye she gazed. earth, when Gullveig 22. "Of what wouldst thou they with lances pierced, ask me? Why temptest thou and in the high one's hall me? Odin! I know all, her burnt, thrice burnt, where thou thine eye didst thrice brought her forth, sink in the pure well of oft not seldom; yet she Mim." Mim drinks mead still lives. each morn from Valfather's 26. Heidi they called her, whithersoe'r she came, the 30. There alone was Thor well-foreseeing Vala: with anger swollen. He wolves she tamed, magic seldom sits, when of the arts she knew, magic arts like he hears. Oaths are practised; ever was she the not held sacred; nor joy of evil people. words, nor swearing, nor 27. Then went the powers binding compacts all to their judgment-seats, reciprocally made. the all-holy gods, and 31. She knows that thereon held council, Heimdall's horn is hidden whether the Æsir should under the heaven-bright avenge the crime, or all the holy tree. A river she sees gods receive atonement. flow, with foamy fall, 28. Broken was the outer from Valfather's pledge. wall of the Æsir's burgh. Understand ye yet, or The Vanir, foreseeing what? conflict, tramp o'er the 32. East sat the crone, in plains. Odin cast [his Iârnvidir, and there spear], and mid the people reared up Fenrir's hurled it: that was the first progeny: of all shall be warfare in the world. one especially the moon's 29. Then went the powers devourer, in a troll's all to their judgment-seats, semblance. the all-holy gods, and 33. He is sated with the thereon held council: who last breath of dying men; had all the air with evil the god's seat he with red mingled? or to the Jötun gore defiles: swart is the race Od's maid had given? sunshine then for summers after; all weather turns to storm. Understand ye yet, or Understand ye yet, or what? what? 38. Bound she saw lying, 34. There on a height sat, under Hveralund, a striking a harp, the monstrous form, to Loki giantess's watch, the joyous like. There sits Sigyn, for Egdir; by him crowed, in her consort's sake, not the bird-wood, the bright right glad. Understand ye red cock, which Fialar yet, or what? hight. 39. Then the Vala knew 35. Crowed o'er the Æsir the fatal bonds were Gullinkambi, which twisting, most rigid, wakens heroes with the sire bonds from entrails of hosts; but another crows made. beneath the earth, a soot- 40. From the east a river red cock, in the halls of falls, through venom Hel. dales, with mire and 36. I saw of Baldr, the clods, Slîd is its name. blood-stained god, Odin's 41. On the north there son, the hidden fate. There stood, on Nida-fells, a stood grown up, high on hall of gold, for Sindri's the plain, slender and race; and another stood passing fair, the mistletoe. in Okôlnir, the Jötuns 37. From that shrub was beer-hall which Brîmir made, as to me it seemed, a hight. deadly, noxious dart. Hödr 42. She saw a hall shot it forth; but Frigg standing, far from the bewailed, in Fensalir, sun, in Nâströnd; its Valhall's calamity. doors are northward turned, venom-drops fall in 47. Mim's sons dance, through its apertures: but the central tree takes entwined is that hall with fire at the resounding serpents' backs. Giallar-horn. Loud blows 43. She there saw wading Heimdall, his horn is the sluggish streams raised; Odin speaks with bloodthirsty men and Mim's head. perjurers, and him who the 48. Trembles Yggdrasil's ear beguiles of another's ash yet standing; groans wife. There Nidhögg sucks that aged tree, and the the corpses of the dead; the jötun is loosed. Loud wolf tears men. Understand bays Garm before the ye yet, or what? Gnupa-cave, his bonds 44. Further forward I see, he rends asunder; and the much can I say of wolf runs. Ragnarök and the gods' 49. Hrym steers from the conflict. east, the waters rise, the 45. Brothers shall fight, and mundane snake is coiled slay each other; cousins in jötun-rage. The worm shall kinship violate. The beats the water, and the earth resounds, the eagle screams: the pale of giantesses flee; no man will beak tears carcases; another spare. Naglfar is loosed. 46. Hard is it in the world, 50. That ship fares from great whoredom, an axe the east: come will age, a sword age, shields Muspell's people o'er the shall be cloven, a wind age, sea, and Loki steers. The a wolf age, ere the world monster's kin goes all sinks. with the wolf; with them the brother is of Byleist on make his sword pierce to their course.