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The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems that preserve ancient Norse mythology and legends. These poems are important because they are among our primary sources for understanding the beliefs, stories, and culture of pre-Christian Scandinavian societies.
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The title page of Olive Bray's English translation of Codex Regius entitled Poetic Edda depicting the tree Yggdrasil and a number of its inhabitants (1908) by W. G. Collingwood
The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse (known as Eddic poems). It is distinct from the closely related Prose Edda, although both works are seminal to the study of Old Norse poetry.
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