The Poetic Edda Quotes

“on a wolf, and had snakes in place of a bridle. She asked Hethin for his company. “Nay,” said he. She said, “Thou shalt pay for this at the king’s toast.” That evening the great vows were taken; the sacred boar was brought in, the men laid their hands thereon, and took their vows at the king’s toast. Hethin vowed that he would have Svava, Eylimi’s daughter, the beloved of his brother Helgi ; then such great grief seized him that he went forth on wild paths southward over the land, and found Helgi, his brother.”
― Anonymous, The Poetic Edda: The Heroic Poems

“Hethin was at home with his father, King Hjorvarth, in Norway. Hethin was coming home alone from the forest one Yule-eve, and found a troll-woman ; she”
― Anonymous, The Poetic Edda: The Heroic Poems

“Swords I know lying in Sigarsholm,
Fifty there are save only four;
One there is that is best of all,
The shield-destroyer, with gold it shines. 9. “In the hilt is fame, in the haft is courage,
In the point is fear, for its owner’s foes;
On the blade there lies a blood-flecked snake,
And a serpent’s tail round the flat is twisted.”
― Anonymous, The Poetic Edda: The Heroic Poems

“The tales underlying the heroic lays are clearly of foreign origin: the Helgi story comes from Denmark, and that of Völund from Germany, as also the great mass of traditions centering around Sigurth (Siegfried), Brynhild, the sons of Gjuki, Atli (Attila), and Jormunrek (Ermanarich).”
― Anonymous, The Poetic Edda: The Heroic Poems