Unknown 1270 The Poetic Edda

THE POETIC EDDA TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY HENRY ADAMS BELLOWS TWO VOLUMES IN ONE NEW YORK THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS This series of Scandinavian Classics is published by The AmericanScandinavian Foundation in the belief that greater familiarity with the chief literary monuments of the North will help Americans to a better understanding of Scandinavians, and thus serve to stimulate their sympathetic coöperation to good ends. To George Lyman Kittredge SCANDINAVIAN CLASSICS VOLUMES XXI AND XXII ESTABLISHED BY NIELS POULSON THIS VOLUME IS ENDOWED IN PART BY CHARLES S. PETERSON OF CHICAGO CONTENTS [1] General Introduction xi Lays of the Gods Voluspo 1 Hovamol 28 Vafthruthnismol 68 Grimnismol 84 Skirnismol…