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The 24 pages that link to Poetic Edda, each with the reason it gives.

• Norse mythologyRelated: Its poems preserve many of the oldest surviving accounts of the gods.

• Old NorseRelated: Its poems preserve Old Norse verse, vocabulary, and stories about gods and heroes.

• RagnarökNarrower topic: Its poems preserve the primary poetic material about Ragnarök.

• OdinRelated: Its poems provide major accounts of Odin, including his quests, wisdom, and doom.

• YggdrasilRelated: Its poems provide some of the earliest surviving accounts of Yggdrasil.

• LokiRelated: Several poems, including Lokasenna, provide essential accounts of Loki.

• ÆsirRelated: Its poems are a principal source for the Æsir’s myths and names.

• Old Norse literatureBroader topic: It is the best-known surviving collection of Eddic verse.

• ThorRelated: Its poems provide some of the oldest surviving accounts of Thor’s exploits.

• Scandinavian literatureBroader topic: Its poems preserve myths and heroic stories that later Scandinavian writers reworked.

• VöluspáRelated: Its manuscript tradition preserves Völuspá among other Eddic poems.

• GylfaginningRelated: Its poems preserve versions of myths that Gylfaginning also narrates in prose.

• Icelandic literatureBroader topic: It preserves foundational Icelandic-language poetry about Norse gods and heroes.

• Old Norse religionRelated: Its poems are among the richest sources for myths and cosmological ideas.

• Der Ring des NibelungenRelated: Its poems supplied Wagner with figures and episodes, including the god Wotan and the Valkyries.

• FreyrRelated: Its poems contain key passages about Freyr, including his courtship of Gerðr.

• FriggRelated: Its poems name Frigg and preserve episodes involving her family and foresight.

• SiegfriedRelated: Its heroic poems preserve versions of the Sigurd story that illuminate Siegfried’s origins.

• ÁsatrúRelated: Its poems are among the central textual sources for Ásatrú’s myths.

• BaldrNarrower topic: Several poems preserve material about Baldr and the world’s fate.

• JörmungandrNarrower topic: Several poems in this collection preserve material about the serpent and its encounters with Thor.

• ValhallaRelated: Its poems include early references to Valhalla and the einherjar.

• JötunnRelated: Its poems name many jötnar and preserve stories of their encounters with gods.

• SigurdNarrower topic: Several poems preserve the older verse traditions behind Sigurd’s legend.