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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Poetic Edda : essays on Old Norse mythology / edited by Paul Acker & Carolyne Larrington.

p. cm.

ISBN 13: 978-0-415-65385-5 (pbk)

ISBN 13: 978-0-815-31660-2 (hbk)

1. Eddas—History and criticism. 2. Old Norse poetry— History and criticism. 3. Mythology, Norse, in literature. I. Acker, Paul. II. Larrington, Carolyne. PT7235.P64 2001

839.6′1009—dc21

2001048509