Download or read book The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology Poems written by Maria Kvilhaug and published by Three Little Sisters. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Edda poems were written down in the Old Norse language by Icelandic scholars during the 11th to 13th centuries AD. They contain a poetical, metaphorical lore about Cosmos and the fate of mortals on the path to immortality. A lore that is, despite having been transmitted in writing by medieval monks and scholars, deeply steeped in ancient Pre-Christian beliefs.