Poetic Edda in order



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Mythological Poems (first half of Codex Regius) -

  1. Vǫluspá (The Seeress’s Prophecy)

  2. Hávamál (Sayings of the High One)

  3. Vafþrúðnismál (The Lay of Vafthrúdnir)

  4. Grímnismál (The Lay of Grímnir)

  5. Skírnismál (The Lay of Skírnir)

  6. Hárbarðsljóð (The Lay of Hárbarðr)

  7. Hymiskviða (The Lay of Hymir)

  8. Lokasenna (Loki’s Quarrel)

  9. Þrymskviða (The Lay of Thrym)

  10. Vǫlundarkviða (The Lay of Vǫlundr)

  11. Alvíssmál (The Lay of Alvíss)

Heroic Poems (second half of Codex Regius) -

  1. Helgakviða Hundingsbana I (First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane)

  2. Helgakviða Hjǫrvarðssonar (Lay of Helgi Hjörvarðsson)

  3. Helgakviða Hundingsbana II (Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane)

  4. Frá dauða Sinfjǫtla (On the Death of Sinfjötli) [short prose]

  5. Grípisspá (The Prophecy of Grípir)

  6. Reginsmál (The Lay of Regin)

  7. Fáfnismál (The Lay of Fáfnir)

  8. Sigrdrífumál (The Lay of Sigrdrífa)

  9. Brot af Sigurðarkviðu (Fragment of a Lay of Sigurd)

  10. Guðrúnarkviða I (First Lay of Guðrún)

  11. Sigurðarkviða in skamma (Short Lay of Sigurd)

  12. Helreið Brynhildar (Brynhild’s Ride to Hel)

  13. Dráp Niflunga (The Slaying of the Niflungs)

  14. Guðrúnarkviða II (Second Lay of Guðrún)

  15. Guðrúnarkviða III (Third Lay of Guðrún)

  16. Oddrúnargrátr (The Lament of Oddrún)

  17. Atlakviða (The Greenlandic Lay of Atli)

  18. Atlamál in grœnlenzku (The Greenlandic Poem of Atli)

  19. Guðrúnarhvöt (Guðrún’s Incitement)

  20. Hamðismál (The Lay of Hamðir)

Additional Edda’s -

Ellesha McKay

Founder of Wyrd & Flame | Author | Independent History Researcher

My name is Ellesha, and I have been studying Norse Paganism, mythology, and related historical traditions for over 17 years. My primary areas of interest are Norse and Germanic history, mythology, religious practice, cultural development, and the transmission of traditions across different periods and regions. I am also an author and independent researcher, producing educational work across a broad range of subjects within Norse mythology, history, and pre-Christian Germanic culture.

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