Elder Edda | Essays and Criticism

  • The Great Romance of the Elder Edda

    In the following essay, Conrad-O'Briain looks at the great romance of the Elder Edda in an effort to understand its neglect by writers and critics.

  • The Storm of Troll-Women

    Lotte Motz argues that the pattern between Eskimo and Norse tradition is similar, which leads to understanding the "similarity of linguistic dynamics."

  • Elder Edda General Introduction

    Lee M. Hollander, in this article from The Poetic Edda, attributes the preservation of the Teutonic race's literary heritage to the early Christian missionaries, and specifically, to Iceland, whose inhabitants contributed greatly to capturing the wonders of the Viking Age, its sagas and Eddic lays.