Divinity Atlas

Sacred Correspondences
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Havamal 77 (Bellows numbering)

Poetic Edda

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Bellows numbers this stanza 77 and notes that the manuscript order is 77, 78, 76, 80, 79, 81. Under the standard Neckel/Kuhn numbering the same stanza is Havamal 76. The RefDisplay names the numbering on purpose: an unattributed stanza number here is a citation a specialist can overturn immediately. Bellows sets the half-lines with wide internal spacing, which is normalised to single spaces above.

Facts
Passage
Text
Cattle die, and kinsmen die, And so one dies one's self; But a noble name will never die, If good renown one gets. 1
Reference
Havamal 77 (Bellows numbering) 1
Reference Scheme
Collection, Book, Section 1
Translation
Translation
The Poetic Edda 1
Translator
Henry Adams Bellows 1
Meaning
Theme
death and remembrance 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Concerns

Norse Paganism, Religions

The best known statement of the Norse view of reputation after death.

Odin, Deities

The Havamal is spoken in Odin's voice.

Passage Of

Source The Poetic EddaAnonymous (Codex Regius)
Sources
1. The Poetic Edda
Anonymous (Codex Regius), The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1923Havamal 77 (Bellows numbering)View the Source
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