Edda

['edə]

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(noun.) either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology.

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(n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

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n. the name of two Scandinavian books—the 'Elder' Edda a collection of ancient mythological and heroic songs (9th-11th century); and the 'Younger' or prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson (c. 1230) mythological stories poetics and prosody.

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