Editing Edda (section)

{{Short description|Collective name of two Medieval Icelandic literary works}}
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"'''Edda'''" ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|d|ə}}; [[Old Norse]] ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') is an [[Old Norse]] term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two [[Medieval Iceland]]ic literary works: what is now known as the ''[[Prose Edda]]'' and an older collection of poems (without an original title) now known as the ''[[Poetic Edda]]''. The term historically referred only to the ''Prose Edda'', but this usage has fallen out of favour because of confusion with the other work. Both works were recorded in [[medieval Iceland|Iceland]] during the 13th century in [[Old icelandic|Icelandic]], although they contain material from earlier traditional sources, reaching back into the [[Viking Age]]. The books provide the main sources for medieval [[skald]]ic tradition in [[Iceland]] and for [[Norse mythology]].