Editing Poetic Edda (section)

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[[Image:Poetic Edda Cover.jpg|thumb|upright|The cover of Lee M. Hollander's ''Poetic Edda'']]
Poems similar to those found in the ''[[Codex Regius]]'' are also included in many editions of the ''Poetic Edda''. Important manuscripts containing these other poems include [[AM 748 I 4to]], ''[[Hauksbók]]'', and ''[[Flateyjarbók]]''. Many of the poems are also quoted in [[Snorri Sturluson|Snorri]]'s [[Prose Edda|''Prose'' ''Edda'']], but usually only in bits and pieces. What poems are included in an edition of the ''Poetic Edda'' depends on the editor. Those not found in the ''Codex Regius'' are sometimes called the "eddic appendix". Other Eddic-like poems not usually published in the ''Poetic Edda'' are sometimes called Eddica minora and were compiled by [[Andreas Heusler]] and Wilhelm Ranisch in their 1903 book titled ''[[Eddica minora|Eddica minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Eddic Poetry |encyclopedia=Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide |year=2005 |edition=second |last=Harris |first=Joseph |publisher=University of Toronto Press in association with the Medieval Academy of America |location=Toronto |isbn=978-0-8020-3823-4 |page=68}}
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English translators are not consistent on the translations of the names of the Eddic poems or on how the Old Norse forms should be rendered in English. Up to three translated titles are given below, taken from the translations of [[Henry Adams Bellows (businessman)|Bellows]], [[Lee M. Hollander|Hollander]], and Larrington with proper names in the normalized English forms found in [[John Lindow]]'s ''Norse Mythology'' and in Andy Orchard's ''Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend''.

===Mythological poems===<!-- This section is linked from [[Valkyrie]] -->

====In the ''Codex Regius''====
*''[[Völuspá]]'' (''Wise-woman's prophecy, The Prophecy of the Seeress, The Seeress's Prophecy'')
*''[[Hávamál]]'' (''The Ballad of the High One, The Sayings of Hár, Sayings of the High One'')
*''[[Vafþrúðnismál]]'' (''The Ballad of Vafthrúdnir, The Lay of Vafthrúdnir, Vafthrúdnir's Sayings'')
*''[[Grímnismál]]'' (''The Ballad of Grímnir, The Lay of Grímnir, Grímnir's Sayings'')
*''[[Skírnismál]]'' (''The Ballad of Skírnir, The Lay of Skírnir, Skírnir's Journey'')
*''[[Hárbarðsljóð]]'' (''The Poem of Hárbard, The Lay of Hárbard, Hárbard's Song'')
*''[[Hymiskviða]]'' (''The Lay of Hymir, Hymir's Poem'')
*''[[Lokasenna]]'' (''Loki's Wrangling, The [[Flyting]] of Loki, Loki's Quarrel'')
*''[[Þrymskviða]]'' (''The Lay of Thrym, Thrym's Poem'')
*''[[Völundarkviða]]'' (''The Lay of Völund'')
*''[[Alvíssmál]]'' (''The Ballad of Alvís, The Lay of Alvís, All-Wise's Sayings'')

====Not in the ''Codex Regius''====
*''[[Baldrs draumar]]'' (''Baldr's Dreams'')
*''[[Gróttasöngr]]'' (''The Mill's Song, The Song of Grotti'') 
*''[[Rígsthula|Rígsþula]]'' (''The Song of Ríg, The Lay of Ríg, The List of Ríg'')
*''[[Hyndluljóð]]'' (''The Poem of Hyndla, The Lay of Hyndla, The Song of Hyndla'')
**''[[Völuspá in skamma]]'' (''The short Völuspá, The Short Seeress' Prophecy, Short Prophecy of the Seeress'') - This poem, sometimes presented separately, is often included as an interpolation within ''Hyndluljóð.''
*''[[Svipdagsmál]]'' (''The Ballad of Svipdag, The Lay of Svipdag'') – This title, originally suggested by [[Sophus Bugge|Bugge]], actually covers two separate poems. These poems are late works and not included in most editions after 1950:
**''[[Grógaldr]]'' (''Gróa's Spell, The Spell of Gróa'')
**''[[Fjölsvinnsmál]]'' (''Ballad of Fjölsvid, The Lay of Fjölsvid'')
*''[[Hrafnagaldr Óðins]]'' (''Odins's Raven Song, Odin's Raven Chant''). (A late work not included in most editions after 1900).
*''[[Gullkársljóð]]'' (''The Poem of Gullkár''). (A late work not included in most editions after 1900).

===Heroic lays===<!-- This section is linked from [[Valkyrie]] -->
After the mythological poems, the ''Codex Regius'' continues with [[heroic lay]]s about mortal heroes, examples of [[Germanic heroic legend]]. The [[heroic lay]]s are to be seen as a whole in the ''Edda'', but they consist of three layers: the story of [[Helgi Hundingsbane|Helgi Hundingsbani]], the story of the [[Nibelung]]s, and the story of [[Ermanaric|Jörmunrekkr]], king of the [[Goths]]. These are, respectively, Scandinavian, German, and Gothic in origin. As far as historicity can be ascertained, [[Attila]], [[Ermanaric|Jörmunrekkr]], and [[Brunhilde|Brynhildr]] actually existed, taking Brynhildr to be partly based on [[Brunhilda of Austrasia]], but the chronology has been reversed in the poems.

====In the ''Codex Regius''====
;The Helgi Lays
*''[[Helgakviða Hundingsbana I]]'' or ''Völsungakviða'' (''The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane, The First Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer, The First Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani'')
*''[[Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar]]'' (''The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjörvard, The Lay of Helgi Hjörvardsson, The Poem of Helgi Hjörvardsson'')
*''[[Helgakviða Hundingsbana II]]'' or ''Völsungakviða in forna'' (''The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane, The Second Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer, A Second Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani'')

;The Niflung Cycle
*''[[Frá dauda Sinfjötla|Frá dauða Sinfjötla]]'' (''Of Sinfjötli's Death, Sinfjötli's Death, The Death of Sinfjötli'') (A short prose text.)
*''[[Grípisspá]]'' (''Grípir's Prophecy, The Prophecy of Grípir'')
*''[[Reginsmál]]'' (''The Ballad of Regin, The Lay of Regin'')
*''[[Fáfnismál]]'' (''The Ballad of Fáfnir, The Lay of Fáfnir'')
*''[[Sigrdrífumál]]'' (''The Ballad of The Victory-Bringer, The Lay of Sigrdrífa'')
*''[[Brot af Sigurðarkviðu]]'' (''Fragment of a Sigurd Lay, Fragment of a Poem about Sigurd'')
*''[[Guðrúnarkviða I]]'' (''The First Lay of Gudrún'')
*''[[Sigurðarkviða hin skamma]]'' (''The Short Lay of Sigurd, A Short Poem about Sigurd'')
*''[[Helreið Brynhildar]]'' (''Brynhild's Hell-Ride, Brynhild's Ride to Hel, Brynhild's Ride to Hell'')
*''[[Dráp Niflunga]]'' (''The Slaying of The Niflungs, The Fall of the Niflungs, The Death of the Niflungs'')
*''[[Guðrúnarkviða II]]'' (''The Second Lay of Gudrún'' or ''Guðrúnarkviða hin forna'' ''The Old Lay of Gudrún'')
*''[[Guðrúnarkviða III]]'' (''The Third Lay of Gudrún'')
*''[[Oddrúnargrátr]]'' (''The Lament of Oddrún, The Plaint of Oddrún, Oddrún's Lament'')
*''[[Atlakviða]]'' (''The Lay of Atli''). The full manuscript title is ''Atlakviða hin grœnlenzka'', that is, ''The [[Greenland]] Lay of Atli'', but editors and translators generally omit the Greenland reference as a probable error from confusion with the following poem.
*''[[Atlamál hin groenlenzku]]'' (''The Greenland Ballad of Atli, The Greenlandish Lay of Atli, The Greenlandic Poem of Atli'')

;The Jörmunrekkr Lays
*''[[Guðrúnarhvöt]]'' (''Gudrún's Inciting, Gudrún's Lament, The Whetting of Gudrún.'')
*''[[Hamðismál]]'' (''The Ballad of Hamdir, The Lay of Hamdir'')

====Not in the ''Codex Regius''====
Several of the [[legendary sagas]] contain poetry in the Eddic style. Their age and importance is often difficult to evaluate but the ''[[Hervarar saga]]'', in particular, contains interesting poetic interpolations.

*''[[Hlöðskviða]]'' (''Lay of Hlöd'', also known in English as ''The Battle of the Goths and the Huns''), extracted from ''[[Hervarar saga]]''.
*''[[The Waking of Angantyr|The Waking of Angantýr]]'', extracted from ''[[Hervarar saga]]''.