Húsdrápa
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right|thumb|200px|Thor goes fishing for Jörmungandr in this picture from an 18th-century [[Icelandic manuscript.]] Húsdrápa (Old Norse: 'House-Lay') is a skaldic poem partially preserved in the Prose Edda where disjoint stanzas of it are quoted. It is attributed to the skald Úlfr Uggason. The poem describes mythological scenes carved on kitchen panels. In the stanzas that have come down to us three such scenes are described.
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right|thumb|200px|Thor goes fishing for Jörmungandr in this picture from an 18th-century [[Icelandic manuscript.]] Húsdrápa (Old Norse: 'House-Lay') is a skaldic poem partially preserved in the Prose Edda where disjoint stanzas of it are quoted. It is attributed to the skald Úlfr Uggason. The poem describes mythological scenes carved on kitchen panels. In the stanzas that have come down to us three such scenes are described. Thor's fishing trip. Baldr's funeral. An obscure myth understood by Snorri Sturluson to deal with a competition between Loki and Heimdallr for Brísingamen.
Húsdrápa is often compared with Haustlöng and Ragnarsdrápa which also describe artworks depicting mythological scenes.