Voluspa (the "Seeress's Prophecy") is the opening and best known poem of the Poetic Edda, spoken by a volva, a seeress, addressing Odin directly with an account of the creation of the world from the void, the making of gods, dwarves and the first humans, the coming corruption and conflict among gods and giants, the final battle of Ragnarok in which most of the gods die, and the world's subsequent rebirth. It is the single most cited primary source for the overall shape of Norse cosmology and eschatology.
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Position in the CanonFirst poem of the Codex Regius collection 1 Literary form (class) Connections
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This source names Norse directly: "It is the single most cited primary source for the overall shape of Norse cosmology and eschatology."
Source The Poetic EddaAnonymous (Codex Regius)
Odin, Deities This source names Odin directly: "by a volva, a seeress, addressing Odin directly with an account of the creation of the world from the void, the making of gods, dwarves and the first humans, the coming corruption and conflict among..."
Source The Poetic EddaAnonymous (Codex Regius)
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Source The Poetic EddaAnonymous (Codex Regius)
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1. The Poetic Edda
Anonymous (Codex Regius), The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1923VoluspaQuote, Voluspa
The Poetic Edda: Voluspa is composed in Old Norse alliterative verse (fornyrdislag/ljodahattr meter), one of the eddic poems.
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