The spiritual message of the Norse Edda

List of Sources

✍ German sources used

Heimskringla: Sagen der Könige Norwegens, Gottlieb Mohnike, 1837

Die Edda, die ältere und jüngere, 7. Auflage, Karl Simrock, 1878

Die Edda, Wilhelm Jordan, 1910

Snorris Königsbuch (Heimskringla), Felix Niedner, 1922

Die Edda des Snorri Sturluson, Arnulf Krause, 1997

Die Heldenlieder der Älteren Edda, Arnulf Krause, 2001

Die Götterlieder der Älteren Edda, Arnulf Krause, 2006

Die Edda: Aus der Prosa-Edda, Arnulf Krause, Rudolf Simek, 2008

✍ English sources used

GYLFAGINNING (Old Norse-English), George Webb Dasent, 1842

The Heimskringla, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, Samual Laing, 1844

GYLFAGINNING (Old Norse-English), Rasmus Björn Anderson, 1879

SKÁLDSKAPARMÁL (Old Norse-English), Rasmus Björn Anderson, 1879

The Younger Edda, Rasmus Anderson, 1901

GYLFAGINNING (Old Norse-English), Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, 1916

SKÁLDSKAPARMÁL (Old Norse-English), Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, 1916

Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend, Andrew Orchard, 2022

The Poetic Edda: A Dual-Language Edition, Edward Pettit, 2023

✍ Dictionaries used

Altnordisches Wörterbuch, Gerhard Köbler, 2014

Icelandic-English Dictionary, Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson, 1874

✍ Image Sources

If no other source is indicated in the subtitle, the images are own creations. The painting-like images were created with AI support.

Family trees

See also the Edda Family trees PDF.

Family tree Odin, Frigg, Thor, Sif

Family tree Loki

Family tree Njördr, Freyr, Freyja, Ägir, Gymir

Possible structure interpretation of the family trees

Structure interpretation of Edda family trees


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