Veni, vidi, mori: The Eddic Poem Grímnismál as a Dramatic and Mythological Unity
Veni, vidi, mori: The Eddic Poem Grímnismál as a Dramatic and Mythological Unity

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the Old-Norse Lay of Grímnir, one of the mythological lays of the Poetic Edda. The first part of the article reviews the scholarly inquiries into the poem, especially the opinions on the relation between the framing epic story of the poem, which describes the capturing and torturing of the disguised god Óðinn, and the main body of the poem, which consists of enumerative stanzas depicting the Old-Norse mythological world. The second part of the article analyzes the main motifs of the poem and tries to uncover their artistic and religious importance in the whole of the poem.

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