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Noun Concept
Categories: Old Norse literature, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from EB9
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Edda  eddic poems  eddaic poems  eddaic poetry  Eddan
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
"Edda" is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the Prose Edda and an older collection of poems now known as the Poetic Edda. Wikipedia
Pair of medieval Icelandic literary sources Wikidata
A collection of Old Norse poems and tales from two medieval manuscripts found in Iceland. Wiktionary
IS A
ballad
literary work
heroic lay
HAS PART
Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
PART OF
Norse mythology
DERIVATIVE WORK
Der Ring des Nibelungen
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
LANGUAGE OF WORK OR NAME
Icelandic
NARRATIVE MOTIF
swan maiden
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Edda
Wikipedia
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Edda
Wikidata
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Edda, eddic poems
Wiktionary
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Edda
Wikipedia Redirections
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Eddan, Eddas, Eddic, Eddur, the Eddas
Wikidata Alias
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eddaic poems, eddaic poetry, eddic poetry, Elder Edda, Poetic Edda, The poetic Edda

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