Þrymskviða
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thumb|right|"Ah, what a lovely maid it is!" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith. thumb|right|Thor dresses up as a bride and Loki as a bridesmaid. Illustration by Carl Larsson.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Synopsis
- Dating
- Analysis
- Balladry
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Opera
- Icelandic statue
- Explanatory notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|"Ah, what a lovely maid it is!" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith. thumb|right|Thor dresses up as a bride and Loki as a bridesmaid. Illustration by Carl Larsson.
Þrymskviða (Þrym's Poem; the name can be anglicised as Thrymskviða, Thrymskvitha, Thrymskvidha or Thrymskvida) is one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda. The Norse myth had enduring popularity in Scandinavia and continued to be told and sung in several forms until the 19th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Þrymskviða” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.