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Poetic Edda and Prose Edda

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Difference between Poetic Edda and Prose Edda

Poetic Edda vs. Prose Edda

The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse. The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century.

Similarities between Poetic Edda and Prose Edda

Poetic Edda and Prose Edda have 13 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alliterative verse, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Codex Regius, Iceland, Kenning, Latin, Norse mythology, Old Norse, Rígsþula, Royal Library, Denmark, Sæmundr fróði, Skald, Snorri Sturluson.

Alliterative verse

In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal device to indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.

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Brynjólfur Sveinsson

Brynjólfur Sveinsson (14 September 1605 – 5 August 1675) served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland.

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Codex Regius

Codex Regius (Rēgius, "Royal Book" or "King's Book"; Konungsbók) or GKS 2365 4º is an Icelandic codex in which many Old Norse poems from the Poetic Edda are preserved.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Kenning

A kenning (Icelandic) is a figure of speech in the type of circumlocution, a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Norse mythology

Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Rígsþula

Rígsþula or Rígsmál (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Ríg') is an Eddic poem, preserved in the manuscript (AM 242 fol, the Codex Wormianus), in which a Norse god named Ríg or Rígr, described as "old and wise, mighty and strong", fathers the social classes of mankind.

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Royal Library, Denmark

The Royal Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek) in Copenhagen is the national library of Denmark and the university library of the University of Copenhagen.

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Sæmundr fróði

Sæmundr Sigfússon, better known as Sæmundr fróði (Sæmundr the Learned; 1056–1133), was an Icelandic priest and scholar.

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Skald

A skald, or skáld (Old Norse:, later;, meaning "poet") is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry.

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse:;; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.

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Poetic Edda and Prose Edda Comparison

Poetic Edda has 113 relations, while Prose Edda has 61. As they have in common 13, the Jaccard index is 7.47% = 13 / (113 + 61).

References

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